num_pages: 157
description: Students of Spanish literature have long been familiar with this eight-hundred-year-old epic detailing the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy Díaz of Bivar, El Cid, and of his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The epic poem recounts the adventures of the Cid; of his peerless steed, Babieca, and of his two famous swords, Colada and Tizón; of his wife, Doña Ximena, and his two daughters, Doña Elvira and Doña Sol, who found sanctuary with Abbot Don Sancho in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña during the Cid's exile; and of the despicable and black-hearted princes of Carrión, Diego and Fernando González.
language: English
title: The Poem of the Cid
titlecomplete: The Poem of the Cid
characters: Archangel Gabriel, Jimena Diaz, Alvar Fanez, Alfonso VI of León and Castile, El Cid
genres: Classics, Epic, Fiction, Spanish Literature, School, Spain, Historical Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Medieval
ratings_count: 13267
places: San Pedro de Cardeña, Burgos, Spain
publisher: University of California Press