Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar‚ known best as El Cid‚ is revered as a great national hero of Spain. The name El Cid comes from the Arabic El Seid’ meaning the Lord. Known to his admiring countrymen as campeador’‚ or champion‚ he was a Spanish warrior whom later legend made into a hero and the symbol of chivalry and virtue. El Cid was born in Vivar near Burgos in 1043. His father‚ Diego Lainez‚ was a member of the minor nobility‚ called the infanzones’ of Castile. El Cid was also directly connected on his
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El Cantar del Mio Cid is the oldest preserved Spanish cantar de gesta. Formerly‚ it was transmitted only orally‚ but in 1142 it was written down by a certain Per Abbat. This copy is held as part of a 14th century codex in the Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library) in Madrid. However‚ it is incomplete. The first page and two others in the middle are missing. It is written in medieval Spanish‚ the ancestor of modern Spanish. Its current title is a modern invention by Ramón Menéndez Pidal;
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’The characters in Le Cid are extremists prepared‚ at whatever cost‚ to live up to their convictions.’ Do you agree with this comment on the play? “Pierre Corneille’s Le Cid focuses on a legendary hero of eleventh-century Spain and his feats of heroism‚ chivalry and honour. But a more pervading element of this play‚ one that is acted out by not only the protagonist but many other characters is that of sacrifice” . Having been set in the Seventeenth Century it was “adapted to the heroic ethic
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Poem of The Cid was written during the Spanish crusades‚ The Cid could not be further from the heroic crusader ideal‚ as established‚ for example‚ in The Song of Roland. Roland was so passionate‚ so convinced of the rightness of his beliefs that he was willing to demonstrate all of his heroic qualities in the pursuit of achieving martyrdom as posthumous evidence of his devotion and courage. Charlemagne and God himself bless Roland’s mission to kill as many heathens as he can. The Cid‚ on the other
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The story of El cid There are three parts or cantos to the Poema del Cid. In the first part‚ Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar‚ called Cid "El Cid Campeador" by the Moors(Sidi means My Lord in Arabic)‚ is accused by Count García Ordóñez of holding back for himself tributes he was sent to collect from the Moors for his king Alfonso VI of León. Alfonso exiles Rodrigo from Leon and Castilla. He gave him 9 days to exile. El Cid needed money to live and support his troops in exile‚ so he faked a chest full
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changed‚ so did the meaning of a good leader. In El Cid‚ being a true leader meant so much more than just having an excellent sword arm in battle. A good leader must show selflessness and generosity toward his supporters‚ he must be able to show a vulnerability‚ and he must show that he has an objective that they are working toward. A poor leader is a person that has strong qualities‚ but doesn’t have an objective. Whether that objective is to
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El Cid is a movie from 1961 that shows how Spain became a unified country. Spain was being invaded by the Moors‚ which are apart of the Muslim religion. The Moors believed their God “Allah” would help them defeat the Spanish. Rodrigo who is also known as El Cid‚is on his way to get married with his fiancé Doña Ximena ‚ when he rescues a small Spanish town from the moors. He arrests the moors and plans to take them to vivar ‚ but he eventually lets them go as long as they don’t treason on King Ferdinand’s
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anyone of us‚ he too is not perfect. He is vulnerable and emotional. He fell in love and got hurt. But unlike any other heroes the world has known for their bravery and courage‚ he is the gentlest and noblest. He didn’t die in the battlefield like El Cid Campeador of Spain. He didn’t win over an assault in a city like Agamemnon of Greece. He doesn’t possess invulnerability like Siegfried of Germany. He is not a mythical hero but he is not a looser. He didn’t fight his enemies by sword; he attacked
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Rodriguez Diaz De Vivar “El Cid” Born and educated as a nobleman in the Royal Court of the Castile‚ Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar became a famous military leader and diplomat. He was King Alfonso VI’s greatest general in the war against the Moors and is widely considered to be a National Hero of Spain. Known as El Cid Campeador (or El Cid)‚ this honourable nickname translates as the ’Lord of Military Arts’‚ or ’The Champion’‚ and reflects his innovative techniques on the battlefield. Rodrigo Diaz was
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El Cid‚ born in 1043 and dead by 1099‚ was a Castilian nobleman known for his military prowess. His life‚ defined by ever-evolving allegiances‚ reveals the chaotic state of Iberia during the second half of the eleventh century. The Taifa kingdoms—the successors of the Caliphate of Córdoba—divided Muslim rule‚ allowing Christian kingdoms to start achieving military success. This weakness resulted in the Taifas calling on the Almoravids from Morocco for military aid. While the Almoravids heeded the
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