Synopses & Reviews
This book 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 11th and12th centuries. The four chronicles were all composed in an unprecedented surge of Spanish historical writing between c.1110 and c.1150. Three of them 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 Christians and Muslims alike.
Synopsis
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 a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fasincating 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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Synopsis
Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of Le n--Castile, covering the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and the story of Rodrigo D az, better remembered as El Cid.
About the Author
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.
Table of Contents
General Introduction * “Historia Silense” * Bishop Pelayo of Oviedo, “Chonicon Regum Legionensium” * “Historia Roderici” * “Chonica Adefonsi Imperatoris”
General Introduction * “Historia Silense” * Bishop Pelayo of Oviedo, “Chonicon Regum Legionensium” * “Historia Roderici” * “Chonica Adefonsi Imperatoris”