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The Lay of the Cid

R. Selden Rose

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Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the Cid, a Castilian lord, is unjustly banished by King Alfonso VI and leaves Burgos with a small band of loyal knights, his wife and…

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Author
R. Selden Rose
Category
Poetry
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the Cid, a Castilian lord, is unjustly banished by King Alfonso VI and leaves Burgos with a small band of loyal knights, his wife and daughters left behind in a monastery. Through courage and loyalty he wins battles and booty, takes Valencia from its Muslim rulers and regains the king's favour. Then his daughters are married to the cowardly Infantes of Carrión, who beat and abandon them, and the Cid seeks justice at the royal court.

Context and significance

Composed around 1200, the Poem of the Cid is the great epic of medieval Spain, based on the real Rodrigo Díaz (about 1043–1099), who served both Christian and Muslim rulers and was called al-sayyid, 'the lord', from which his title comes. This translation is by R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon. Compare The Song of Roland and Lane-Poole's The Moors in Spain.

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