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The story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain. Creators. Luis Arranz. Jose Velasco. Stars. Jaime Lorente. Francisco Ortiz. Alicia Sanz. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. S1-2. Add to Watchlist. Added by 4.7K users. 104 User reviews. 21 Critic reviews.
– July 1099), was a Castilian military and political leader in medieval Spain. Born of the Spanish nobility and nicknamed El Cid Campeador, Rodrigo Díaz was educated in the royal court of the Kingdom of Castile and became an important general and administrator, fighting against the Moors in the early Reconquista.
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see El Cid . the Cid, Spanish El Cid orig. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, (born c. 1043, Vivar, near Burgos, Castile—died July 10, 1099, Valencia), Castilian military leader and national hero. His popular name, El Cid (from Spanish Arabic al-sid, “lord”), dates from his lifetime.
The Cid’s biography presents special problems for the historian because he was speedily elevated to the status of national hero of Castile, and a complex heroic biography of him, in which legend played a dominant role, came into existence; the legend was magnified by the influence of the 12th-century epic poem of Castile, El cantar de mío ...
Aug 3, 2011 · Known as El Cid, or “the master,” Rodrigo today is legendary for his exploits during the Reconquista, the long campaign by Christian armies to take Spain back from the Muslim forces that first swept over Iberia in the eighth century. Hollywood would base an epic movie on his feats, the 1961 El Cid, with Charlton Heston in the lead role.
Aug 28, 2018 · Introduction. The Castilian warlord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, who lived in the second half of the 11th century, is better known as El Cid, a title of honor adapted from Andalusian Arabic sídi, a contracted form of Classical Arabic sayyidi, “my Lord.” He started his career at the service of the kings Sancho II and Alfonso VI of Castile and León.
Jan 3, 2020 · El Cid, historia y mito de un señor de la guerra (or, El Cid, history and myth of a warlord), focuses on Díaz’s battlefield activities and depicts him as a man of action. He was an...
