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The World of El CID: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest
Simon (Ed) Barton
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Paperback. Four principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of Leon-Castile during the 11th and 12th centuries are presented here in English. The four chronicles were all composed in a surge of Spanish historical writing between c.1110 and c.1150. Translator(s): Barton, Simon; Fletcher, Richard. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of Leon-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of Leon-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 Diaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as ... Read more
Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of Leon-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of Leon-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 Diaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Manchester Medieval Sources
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719052262
SKU
V9780719052262
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About Simon (Ed) Barton
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 -- .
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