Swords of El Cid电子书

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Swords of El Cid

Swords of El Cid

The fight at the Bodega

1047 My early life

1056 The King of Leon

The legendary sword ‘Colada’

1055 to 1056 Meeting Rodrigo

1055 to 1056 - The young Rodrigo

1057 - The death of his father

1057 to 1064 War with the Moors

1058 The rules of Rodrigo

1056 to 1075 Meeting Jimena

1075 Rodrigo has his first apparition

1056 to 1065 Rodrigo in mortal combat

1059 Pedro El Grande

1060 to 1061 - The Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña

1061 Babieca the horse from Heaven

The legend of Santiago Matamoros, the Moor slayer

1063 Campeador

1064 Rodrigo becomes a Knight

Pay the Pope?

1065 Power shifts

1068 to 1072 - The Campaign of Sancho

1072 To capture a King without even a lance

1072 - The fall of King Sancho

1072 The rise of King Alfonso

1077 to 1079 - First Banishment

1079 The money lenders

1081 The Magister

1081 - A gift for the King 30 horses

1081 - 1085 Zaragoza, Emir Zulema

1085 - Battle for Toledo

Señoritas & Sin

Song of the Cid

Norse has a hard ride

The Magister takes his pleasure

The trusted lieutenant

1086 - The Almoravids and their leader Yusuf Ibn Tashfin

1086 - Slippery ground; the Battle of Sagrajas east of Badajoz

Molachai the money lender

Footpads

Molachai’s house

A lesson in wine storage

1089 - The first siege of Valencia

1090 The battle of Tébar

1092 - The Cid’s wife & daughters made prisoner

1092 - Abeniaf and the Siege of Valencia

1092 - Abeniaf the Murderer

1092 Treachery

1092 - Taking the treasure of Yahia

1092 - Attacking the suburbs

1092 - Raiding the land of Albarrazin

1092 The Almoravids approach

1092 Abeniaf captures the dissidents

1092 - The Cid demands surrender & captures treasure

1092 - We take the city

1092 - Dealing with the Moors

1092 - Abeniaf meets his fate

1094 - End of the Siege of Valencia

1092 to 1094 Martin Pelaez

1094 - The Cid’s family for a 100 horses

1094 - Meeting the Infantes

1094 - Bringing back the Cid’s family

1094 - Settling old debts

1094 - Pankration

1094 - Family returns to Valencia

1094 - The Marriage

1094 - Our finest battle; El Cuarte

1096 to 1098 the Bishop Don Hieronymo

1094 - Greek fire

1094 - The belfries

1094 - Bucar attacks the city

1094 - The black rain

1094 Tizóna sword of the Cid

1096 - Two years of marriage; Lion & the Lamb bone

1096 - The Cid’s daughters go to the land of Carrion

1094 - Tent for the King 200 horses after family

1097 - The Cid goes to court

1097 - The Cid’s beard was never plucked

1097 - The challenge in court

1097 - Babieca is given away

1097 to 1098 - Treachery at the contest

1097 to 1098 - Battle of honour

1097 to 1098 - Colada bites and tastes justice

1097 - The Battle of Bairén

1097 to 1098 - The great Sultan of Persia

1097 to 1098 - The Cid’s daughters re-marry

1097 - The final blow; the death of the Cid

1099 - The vision of Saint Peter

1099 - The Cid’s final instructions

1099 - The Cid makes his will and dies

1099 - Bucar attacks for the last time

1099 - Éklan

1099 - Leaving Valencia

1099 to 1100 - The resting place of the Cid

Aftermath

Dedication

Author’s Note

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