The world of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest

by Rosemary Horrox (Editor), Simon Barton (Editor), Simon Maclean (Editor), Richard Fletcher (Editor)

Overview

Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fascinating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526112637
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Series:	Manchester Medieval Sources
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Rosemary Horrox is Fellow in History, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
Simon Barton is Reader in Medieval Spanish History at the University of Exeter
Simon MacLean is Lecturer in History at the University of St Andrews
Richard Fletcher is Professor of Medieval History at the University of York

Table of Contents

List of figures
Forword
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. General introduction
2. 'Historia Silense'
3. Bishop Pelayo of Oviedo, 'Chonicon Regum Legionensium'
4. 'Historia Roderici'
5. 'Chonica Adefonsi Imperatoris'
Bibliography
Index