Medieval warfare Vol VII.6 – Rodrigo Dìaz: El Cid

Medieval warfare Vol VII.6 – Rodrigo Dìaz: El Cid

He was called The Campeador and El Cid, but what do we really know about the Castilian warrior Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar?

Theme: The legend of El Cid

– Peter Konieczny, ‚The deeds of Rodrigo the Campeado – The man who became El Cid‘.
– Ann Christys, ‚The era of the Taifa States – When Iberia was shattered‘.
– Kyle C. Lincoln, ‚Living in a „basket of snakes“ – The takeover of Toledo‘.
– Peter Konieczny, ‚“The clear exposition of the disastrous tragedy“ – The conquest of Valencia‘.
– Simon Barton, ‚El Cid and the Principality of Valencia – A man „raised up by God“‚.
– Francisco García Fitz, ‚Learning about medieval warfare from an epic – Warfare in The Song of the Cid‘.
– Mark Lewis, ‚A hero’s weapons in fact and legend – The swords of The Cid‘.

Features:

– David Pilling, ‚Was Henry III „playing chicken“? – The Siege of London in 1267‘.
– Kay Smith and Ruth R. Brown, ‚An ancient weapon in the Middle Ages – The Sling‘.
– Peter Konieczny, ‚His letter to the Duke of Milan in 1482 – Leonardo Da Vinci as military engineer‘.
– Pierre Gaite, ‚Combat training for knights – Forged in the fires of chivalry‘.
– Murray Dahm, ‚“I know what it is to take a city!“ – The film of El Cid‘.
– Robert Mason and Craig Cipolla, ‚Vikings at the Royal Ontario Museum – A tale of two swords‘.