Rodrigo Diaz De Vivar

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was born in 1090. He was given the nickname "El Cid", which is derived from the Arabic word sayyid or “sir”. El Cid inspired the writing of “Cantar Del Mio Cid” or The Poem of The Cid. There are many speculations as to who the real writer of the Poem of the Cid, however the real author or authors are unknown.
The Poem of The Cid is the oldest Spanish epic and is one of the four most important Spanish books of all time. Although it is inspired by the the real Cid, who was a person with honor and loyalty, his counterpart in the story is seen as a much more great and powerful person that is idealized in many ways. The Poem of the Cid uses thirteen years of the Cid's two exiles and puts them into five years of events. The story is split into three separate parts. The first cantar begins with the Cid's banishment and includes the beginning of his military campaign to restore his honor. The second canter is about the battle of Valencia in which the Cid is successful, and his daughters marry the Infants of Carrion. The third and final cantar is about how his daughters were left beaten by their husbands, so the Cid requests a trial against them. He wins the trail, which results in his daughters being promised to the infants of Navarre and Aragón.
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It mentions “They would have asked him gladly, but did not dare, for King Alfonso cherished such anger.” I liked when he said that King Alfonso cherished the anger, because that idea is something really interesting to see. Normally, a king wouldn’t want their people angry, but King Alfonso wanted them to be angry and he wanted to have them passionate about something. The word that particularly caught my attention was “cherished". I found it interesting that it was used since something that is cherished is usually close to the heart. So that meant that anger is what the king holds close to his