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Cantar delMio Cid

(The Poem of The Cid)


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The Poem Of The Cid Written during the 12thCentury (Half a century

after Rodrigos death)

Written by an unknown

author.

Composed of 3, 735 lines

Text flows as 1 longstanza


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The Poem Of The Cid Oldest Spanish epic

poem preserved.

Said to be ctionalbut is based on thetrue story of

Rodrigo Diaz deVivar


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Rodrio !ia"!e #ivar


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$ioraphy A great military leader

The hero of Sain!

was educated in the royal court of the

Kingdom of Castile and became an

important general and administrator,

fighting against the oors in the early

Recon!uista.

"#l Cid" is deri"ed from the word al$

sidiin the #ndalusian dialect (from the#rabic sayyid, "sir" or "lord," a title of

respect)


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$ioraphy Date of Birth: around

%&'

Place of Birth: Vivar

(also no*n as Castillonade $ivar) a small to*nabout si+ miles north ofBurgos, the capital ofCastile, Spain.


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%ather& $iego %aine&

' courtier, bureaucrat, and

ca"alryman who had

fought in se"eral battles

'other& eresa u*e&

' Came from an

aristocratic family


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+word i&ona


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Horse -abieca


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-is father, !ieo aine",

died in battle main

him an orphan at

the ae of seven.-e *ent to the court of

the

in in order to be

educated as a niht.


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!urin Rodrio/s

childhood, Castile

and eon *as

ruled

by 0in 1erdinand2.


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3hen 0in 1erdinand died

Christian Spain *as divided4


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Castile to Sanch eon to 5lfonso

6alicia to 6arcia

7amora to 8rrac

Toro to 9lvira


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Sancho and 9l Cid *ere friendsso *hen he became in he

appointed the Cid as the 5rmierreis (commander of the royaltroops)


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There *asa rivalry bet*een thet*o brothers, Sancho

and Alfonso.

VS.


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5fter defeatin

5lfonso, Sancho *ent to

7amora. 8nfortunately, *hilebesiein the city, he *as*ounded by a spear *hich

led to his death in %&:;


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Soon, 9l Cid

married


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On %&=%, 9l Cid attaced and defeatedToledo, a moorish indom *hich *as0in 5lfonso/s ally. $ecause of this 9lCid *as e+iled. -e left the indom*ith his family and his army.


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The poem b

Part I: !ile


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The poem b

The poem beins *ith9l Cid

leavin Vivar*ith his

1ollo*ers. -e entered$uros

hopin to nd a placeto stay and

to buy supplies butpeople there

closed their doors,

refusin to


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The poem b

9l Cid *ent to a church of Sta. Maria

then he rode a*ay from the to*n,campin on the other side of the riverArlanzon, opposite of $uros.


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The poem b

5 citi"en named "artin

Antolinez came to 9l Cid/scamp. -e o>ered food and *inefor him and his follo*ers.


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The poem b

9l Cid visited#i$ena inSanPedro de Carde%a. She *asstayin in a monastery. 9l Cidpayed the abbot to allo* his *ifeto sta there durin his absence.


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The poem b

They stayed in the monastery fora fe* days.

3hile sleepin, 9l Cid had avision of &a'riel, tellin him thathis future *ill be successful

despite bein e+iled.


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The poem b

On the last day of race, he left

Castile *ith && horsemen and

unno*n number of [email protected] A in A command to him*as "ina(a Alvar )anez (a verycompetent nihtBnephe*)


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The poem b

Passed throuh the mountains

Moorish to*n of 5lcocerThey captured the to*n and

lived in it.


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The poem b

2n %&=%, 9l Cid *ent on to o>er hisservices to the Moorish 0in, usufalMu/taman 2bn -ud and his successor5l@Mustain 22 in 7arao"a.


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The poem b

2n %&=?, 5lfonso *as defeated by thealmoravids from Dorth 5frica. 5t this

time, he ne* that he *as incapable ofdefeatin usuf so he recalled the Cidfrom e+ile to help him. 9l Cid returnedto Castile but only for a short *hile.


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Part II:

Con*uest +f

Valenci


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The first thing El Cid needed to do was to remove the

influence of the Count of Barcelona. Barcelona wasthe major city in the area and the Count was a

powerful man. He defeated the Count (Berenguer

Ramn II) at the battle of Tbar in May 1090.


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Valencia, however was still

ruled by an rabic leader,

al!"adir. El Cid became

luc#y when in $ctober %&'(

al!adir "a# $illed by one

of hi# noblemen% Ibn

&ahhaf. The city of

Valencia was thrown into

confusion. )t was at this

time that El Cid decided to

attac#. *e surrounded the

city and began a long

siege. )n +ay, %&' )bn

-ahhaf surrendered the

city.


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9l Cid ne* that because #alencia

contained a reat number of Moors (5rabs)

that he *ould have to have the support of

2bn


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El Cid was now the ord $f Valencia.

*e gave /&&& horses to 0ing lfonso e1uipped with saddles

and harnesses.

$nly Count 2arcia $rdone3 wasn4t pleased with El Cid4s

success.

0ing lfonso said that the Campeador had served him better in

e5ile than 2arcia have in his court.


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lfonso allowed El Cid4s wife and daughters to

join him in Valencia.

lfonso restored the properties of El Cid4s

vassals


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$nce the Cid6s honor,

power, and wealth have

been restored, the 0ingsuggests that Elvira and

7ol marry the )nfantes

8princes9 of Carrion, :iego

2on3oles and ;ernando

2on3ole3.

Though the Cid appears

reluctant because of thedifference in their age and

social ran#, the weddings

ta#e place.


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(art )))&

Trea*hery

and +usti*e


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The third part shows the cowardice of the

)nfantes in battles against the +oors. The men of

El Cid soon ta#e notice of this and moc# the

)nfantes.


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The )nfantes react by ta#ing revenge on their

wives, the daughters of El Cid.

They ta#e leave of El Cid, carrying with them all

their share of the Cid6s wealth, which included two

priceless swords, Colada and Ti3


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The )nfantes, don ;ernando and don :iego, set

of for Carri


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relative of the girls, a cousin, who was sent to

follow from a distance, ta#es the young women to

safety. The Cid demands justice from 0ing lfonso. *e

agreed that the trial will be held in Toledo.


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)n the court of Toledo, El Cid first demanded the

return of his swords that he had given to his sons= in = law. *e gave the Colada to Martin

'ntoline and the Tiona to edro Bermuda.


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Then El Cid demanded satisfaction for the ill!treatment

of his daughters. >edro Bermuda challenged

;ernando, and +artin ntoline3 challenged :iego, in a

combat.

The )nfantes were no match to >edro and +artin

despite having e5pensive armor.


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fter the combat, the

)nfantes lost their

titles and they were

e5iled. >edro and+artin went bac# to

Valencia with a news

that their ord4s

daughters were

avenged.


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The >rinces of ragon and

?avarre named )nigo-imene3 and $jarra

-imene3 married El Cid4s

daughters


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