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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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