History Literature / CantarDelMioCid

''Cantar del mío Cid'' (Chant of mine Cid) or simply ''El Cid'' is the first extensive poetic work of {{SpanishLiterature}} and the only epic song of it preserved almost complete. It tells the late life of Castilian knight Don Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar. The preserved version was composed, according to most current critics, around 1200.

''Cantar del mío Cid'' (Chant of mine Cid) or simply ''El Cid'' is the first extensive poetic work of Spanish literature and the only epic song of it preserved almost complete. It tells the late life of Castilian knight Don Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar. The preserved version was composed, according to most current critics, around 1200.

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The ''Cantar'' is written in Arcaic Spanish and can be as incomprehensible to spanish speakers as Beowulf is for english speakers.

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The ''Cantar'' is written in Arcaic Spanish and can be as incomprehensible to spanish speakers as [[Beowulf]] is for english speakers.

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The ''Cantar'' is written in Arcaic Spanish and can be as incomprehensible to spanish speakers as [[Literature/Beowulf]] is for english speakers.

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The ''Cantar'' is written in Arcaic Spanish

* YeOldeButcheredEnglishe: The ''Cantar'' is written in Arcaic Spanish

* RichesToRags: At the song's beginning Don Rodrigo is stripped from his possessions and reputation.

* {UsefulNotea/MoorishSpain}: Most of the Iberian peninsula is still under Muslim rulership when the chant takes place.

* MoorishSpain: Most of the Iberian peninsula is still under Muslim rulership when the chant takes place.

* FromRagsToRiches: When Don Rodrigo restores his honor and reputation.
* FromRichesToRags: At the song's beginning Don Rodrigo is stripped from his possessions and reputation.

* ManlyTears: El Cid cries when the king banishes him.

* DamselInDistress: Don Rodrigo's daughters, Doña Elvira y Doña Sol, when beaten by her husband's, the Infants of Carrión.

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The poem begins with the banishment of Cid, the first reason for dishonor, because of the legal status of royal anger, unjust because it has been provoked for intriguing liars and the consequent confiscation of their inheritances in Vivar, the kidnapping of their material assets.

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''Cantar del mío Cid'' (Chant of mine Cid) or simply ''El Cid'' is the oldest work in Spanish Literature and first epic tale. It tells the late life of Castilian knight Don Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar

''Cantar del mío Cid'' (Chant of mine Cid) or simply ''El Cid'' is the oldest work in Spanish Literature.

''Cantar del mío Cid'' (Chant of mine Cid).

El Cid

CANTAR DEL MÍO CID