The world of El Cid (eBook, PDF)

Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest
Redaktion: Barton, Simon; Fletcher, Richard

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526112637
• Artikelnr.: 60362600

Autorenporträt

Simon Barton is Reader in Medieval Spanish History at the University of Exeter. Richard Fletcher is Professor of Medieval History at the University of York

Inhaltsangabe

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