The quest for El Cid
1st American ed.
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Author
Publication
1990 - Distributed by Random House, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
54,250 words, Guess
Page Count
217 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivequestforelcid0000flet
- ISBN-100394574478
- ISBN-139780394574479
- Goodreads3817328
- Library of Congress Control Number89043289
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number20995955
- Open LibraryOL2217844M
Classifications
- DDC946/.02/092
- DDCB
- LCCDP99 .F57 1990
Description
Rodrigo Diaz, the legendary warrior-knight of eleventh-century Castile known as El Cid, is remembered today as the Christian hero of the Spanish crusade who waged wars of re-conquest for the triumph of the Cross over the Crescent. He is still honored in Spain as a national hero for liberating the fatherland from the occupying Moors. Yet, as Richard Fletcher shows in this award-winning book, there are many contradictions between eleventh-century reality and the mythology that developed with the passing years.
Description
An account of a confrontation that helped to form modern Europe through the story of Spain's first great national hero El Cid, the fearless warrior-knight of eleventh-century Castile.
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