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    El Cid Campeador: By: Bulaybulay, Losloso and Reyes

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    Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as El Cid, was a famous Castilian soldier who lived in 11th century Spain. He proved himself as a skilled warrior and rose to become commander of the royal armies, but later had a falling out with the king and was exiled. While in exile, El Cid conquered the city of Valencia and established his own rule there. Through his military successes against Muslim forces, El Cid became a symbol of heroism for Spanish Christians and helped inspire later reconquests of Islamic-controlled lands in Spain.

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    Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as El Cid, was a famous Castilian soldier who lived in 11th century Spain. He proved himself as a skilled warrior and rose to become commander of the royal armies, but later had a falling out with the king and was exiled. While in exile, El Cid conquered the city of Valencia and established his own rule there. Through his military successes against Muslim forces, El Cid became a symbol of heroism for Spanish Christians and helped inspire later reconquests of Islamic-controlled lands in Spain.

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    Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as El Cid, was a famous Castilian soldier who lived in 11th century Spain. He proved himself as a skilled warrior and rose to become commander of the royal armies, but later had a falling out with the king and was exiled. While in exile, El Cid conquered the city of Valencia and established his own rule there. Through his military successes against Muslim forces, El Cid became a symbol of heroism for Spanish Christians and helped inspire later reconquests of Islamic-controlled lands in Spain.

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    EL CID

    CAMPEADOR

    By: Bulaybulay, Losloso and Reyes


     El Cid means Lord or Chief.
     Campeador means Champion.
     El Cid is the life story of a Castilian soldier, Rodrigo
    Diaz de Vivar.
     The epic took place in Spain somewhere in Castile.
     Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was born in the town of Vivar
    near Burgos. He was born either in 1040 or 1043.
     His name, “El Cid” was given to him by the Moors
    (Arabs)
    Overview
    El Cid lived in the kingdom of King Fernand I. In
    1065 King Fernand I died. He divided his kingdom
    among his three sons, Sancho, Alfonso and Garcia, and
    his two daughters, Elvira and Urraca.
    Sancho being the eldest thought that he should
    have inherited all of his father's lands. He battled with
    the Kingdom of Aragon which was not under control of
    any of his family.
    When El Cid was only about 23 years old, he
    proved to be such a help in defeating the Kingdom of
    Aragon that he was named Commander of the Royal
    Armies.
    About 1070, Sancho began his war against his
    brothers and sisters. However, Sancho was killed by one
    of her sister Urraca’s soldiers right at the city gates.
    Upon hearing of his brother's death, Alfonso rushed
    to Zamora to claim his brother's lands and most
    importantly the throne. He became Alfonso VI.
    Alfonso knew that he would need a leader like El
    Cid who was a very good soldier. Also the people in
    Castile were not happy that they were being led by a
    king from Leon. El Cid was from Castile and was liked
    by the people.
    Although the Alfonso removed El Cid as
    Commander of the Royal Armies, in 1074 he married El
    Cid to his niece, Jimena. El Cid was now related to
    Alfonso.
    Alfonso did not really like El Cid. He was afraid
    that El Cid might attempt to take the throne. Alfonso
    sent El Cid to the king of Seville to collect
    money. When El Cid returned he accused El Cid of
    keeping some of the money. He banished El Cid from
    his kingdom and from then on El Cid was not able to
    live safely in any area ruled by Alfonso.
    El Cid now needed not only money, but also
    protection of a king. He offered his services to the
    Ruler of Saragossa in northeastern Spain. The Ruler
    of Saragossa was the arabic leader, al-Mu'tamin.
    In 1086 Alfonso VI came under attack from the
    Almoravid armies from North Africa. He suffered a
    great defeat at Sagrajas on October
    23rd. Realizing that he needed El Cid's help to
    save his Kingdom, Alfonso recalled El Cid from
    exile.
    El Cid returned to Alfonso, but now he had his
    own plans. He only stayed a short while and
    returned to Saragossa. El Cid was content to let the
    Almoravid armies and the armies of Alfonso fight
    without his help. The reason El Cid did not want to
    fight was because he was hoping that both armies
    would become weak. That would make it easier for
    him to carry out his own plan which was to become
    ruler of the Kingdom of Valencia.
    The first thing El Cid needed to do was to
    remove the influence of the Count of Barcelona. El
    Cid became lucky when in October 1092 al-Qadir
    was killed by one of his noblemen, Ibn Jahhaf. The
    city of Valencia was thrown into confusion. It was at
    this time that El Cid decided to attack. He
    surrounded the city and began a long siege. In
    May, 1094 Ibn Jahhaf surrendered the city.
    Although El Cid was a soldier he understood some
    of the politics of being a ruler. Through his service to
    Sancho II and then Alfonso VI he learned about Spanish
    politics.
    El Cid technically ruled Valencia for Alfonso. But,
    Alfonso was not about to wage war against El Cid, so
    he let him rule with almost no control. El Cid began to
    act as a king.
    El Cid ruled Valencia until his death. The body of El
    Cid was returned to Burgos and buried in a
    monastery. Almost immediately he became regarded
    as a national hero of Castile.
    Why this literature is influential?
     El Cid tells the epic story of a man who fights to restore
    his honor after being banished from Spain.
     El Cid’s military achievements had little to do with the
    much later Christian reconquest of Spain. The Spanish
    Christians did not succeed in driving the Muslims out of
    Spain for another 400 years.
     However, El Cid victory over powerful Muslim forces,
    made him a symbol of unity and heroism for Spanish
    Christians.
     The Christian soldiers who waged the “reconquista” or
    wars of reconquest against the Spanish Muslims, saw El
    Cid as a symbol of what they were fighting for.

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