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Title	:	Poema de mio Cid
Author	:	Anonymous
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 153 pages
Published	:	March 9th 2005 by Mestas Ediciones (first published 1140)
Categories	:	Poetry. Classics. European Literature. Spanish Literature. Historical. Medieval. Fiction. Cultural. Spain

Poema de mio Cid Paperback | Pages: 153 pages

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Poema épico, se trata del texto más representativo del arte de los juglares españoles de la Edad Media. El poema fue probablemente compuesto entre 1110-1140, no mucho después de los hechos a los que se refiere. El poema, dividido en tres partes o cantares, narra el destierro y las aventuras del Cid, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar. El tema del deshonor y la recuperación de la honra constituyen el eje central de la obra, que describe la mentalidad y los valores éticos de la época. Muchos de los personajes y hechos que muestra están atestiguados, lo cual le confiere un gran valor histórico.

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Original Title:	Poema de Mío Cid
ISBN:	8489163936 (ISBN13: 9788489163935)
Edition Language:	Spanish
Setting:	Spain

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An epic from the Christian side of mediaeval Spain, written in the gnarliest Spanish I've ever seen. Hard to believe that it's the same language that would spread around the New World into many other different dialects. The English version is well translated. The poet sounds like a person one could drink a beer with in a tavern in Leon, and who was undoubtedly a good storyteller in his day. It occupies an interesting and unique position as a poem both supportive of Christian Spain and true (more

From a modern American perspective, The Cid seems an odd choice for a national hero. He was a highly successful battle commander, but half his career was spent as a raider. He lived off the lands of Moors who had done him no wrong and lived under the protection of christian nobles. So in one of The Poem of The Cid's most dramatic moments, the 'arrogant' Count of Barcelona challenges The Cid regarding the injustice of his plundering ways. The Cid's response is pure practicality; 'I need it for my

Although most people tend to like this book, I couldn't help but see through all of the hipocritical characters, which were at the least annoying. A good adventure book, but seeped with a strange mix of fiction and nonfiction that I highly disliked. I couldn't possibly gift this historical book any more stars, sorry.

Since I had recently read The Song of Roland, I thought I would give its Spanish counterpart a try. Although they were written around the same time, the French author was dealing with events 500 years in the past and didn't hesitate to fantasize. (At one point the angel Gabriel stops the sun in the sky to give Charlemagne's troops time to catch up with the fleeing Saracens.) By comparison, this account of the life of Rodrigo Dias, El Cid, comes off as relatively realistic. But when establishing

A book I never thought I'd read possibly because I was appalled by Charlton Heston at an impressionable age. Compared to Robocop Roland, El Cid is a complex, amiable guy. The archetypal Spanish hero is clearly the stuff of legend, a champion passionately determined to serve his king by conquering everything in sight, rather than the grand brigand Rodrigo Diaz probably was in bitter truth. (See Richard Fletcher's The Quest for El Cid). Lesley Byrd Simpson's translation is a quick read,

This book would have benefited from a greater analysis of the historical characters, rather than some cursory observations about the historiography. King Alfonso is generally remembered as a conniving treacherous lord and the Cid was something of a rogue warrior often at odds with this kingdom. Some of this is evident in the story as the banished Cid (no clear reason why "good Alfonso" banished him) wonders across Spain raiding and fighting Christians and Muslims, Spaniards and Catalans. His

This book has it all! Swords! Dancing! And beards! All tangled up in an epic "historic" poem. The Cid--a gallantly bearded knight banished by his king for crimes he did not commit--goes smiting and smashing all over Spain, killing Moors like flies and creating a kingdom of his own by the sweat of his beard. And oh what a beard it is! The Beard of The Cid manages to become arguably one of the greatest sidekicks of all time. I myself am growing my own beard in solidarity with the Beard of the Cid.