El Cid was an astonishing hero. His nickname, El Cid Campeador, means many things. El Cid means “my Lord,” and Campeador means “the Warrior,” which was a title for a man. His real name was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. He was a military leader, and a nobleman from Castilian. He conquered Valencia and was part of the Reconquista meaning reconquest. The reconquest occurred by the northern Christian kingdoms and on Moorish Spain there was an onslaught. He is mainly know by his works of literature.
El Cid was born on 1043 in Vivar del Cid, Spain. He died on July 10, 1099, in Valencia, Spain. He was very inspired in the Muslim faith. The muslim empire split into rivals after the fall of the Umayyads in 1031. This fall began Reconquista which was an onslaught by the Christian kingdoms in the North on Moorish Spain. Spain's hero was made even though the reconquest was not completed until
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Before he could got to the city of Valencia he had many little battles in between his journey. First, he ran into Berenguer Ramon II he ruled Barcelona. In the Battle of Tebar he defeated and lock up Berenguer . Later on he was released and his nephew married El Cid’s daughter Maria. He didn't just fight against people he also conquered many cities while getting to Valencia. Outside of the city he attacked and destroyed many armies with his assistance of his Muslim army. He kept any kind of reassures from reaching Valencia and was still standing around the city of Valencia for 20 months. The city of Valencia gives up because they didn't have food, supplies, water , etc., coming into their city. On June 15, 1094, the hero of Spain entered the city of Valencia and he had the city’s governor set on fire and killed many citizens. Even though the city was under the control of Alfonso he made the city his own city. The conquest of Valencia was the greatest accomplishment for him until he died in
Dia de los reyes magos is on Jan. 5 - Feb. 2 and the day is about the 3 wisemen, But January the 6th is the special day in Mexico….. this day represents the height of the Christmas season. This celebration is where it is stated that the kings, Melchor, Gaspar, and Balthasar, traveled by night all the way from the farthest confines of the Earth to bring gifts to Jesus, whom they recognized as the Son of God. As well as regal, the Three Kings are depicted as wise men, whose very wisdom is proved by their acknowledgement of Christ's divine status. Arrived from three different directions, the kings followed the light provided by the star of Bethlehem, which reportedly lingered over the manger where the Virgin Mary gave birth for many days. In
From the foothills of Barcelona in Spain, a man came to be. Full of strength, honor, wisdom, and courage, this man was named Hernan Cortes. He, as the Spaniards would say, was a god among men. Legend says he had cat-like reflexes, and also had the mind filled with strategies. He may not have been the tallest person in the crowd, but he had the most will to achieve greatness. He is one of Spain's most influential, if not the most, conquistadors.
In the early 1900’s, one man bested the rival troops and used his intelligence to defeat the oppressive Mexican regime. Doroteo Arango Arámbula, also known as Pancho Villa, was born into a poor family and worked in the fields. Pancho Villa escalated from a peasant outlaw into a well-known revolutionary war strategist and folk hero. Pancho Villa could easily outsmart troops and use his popularity to help his cause for equality. His actions could not atone for any previous transgressions in his life of crime, but his tactics as a revolutionary war commander made him almost unstoppable when it came to fighting for equality. Pancho Villa was an important factor in the Mexican Revolution and its beginnings. He was one of the first revolutionaries to fight against the Mexican government, and successfully evaded and won fights against the United States government. His greatest achievement was the amount of influence he delivered the poor, and empowered them to fight for their rights.
Imagine hiking roughly 2,000 miles while facing incredibly dangerous blazing hot deserts and steep mountains and doing that in 21 months. In the spring of 1527, five Spanish ships left the port of Seville and headed for the new world. Cabeza set out with 300 other men to shore where they would start a very long expedition. Cabeza drifted out to sea on a raft and came back to shore into current day Galveston, Texas. In the fall of 1532 Cabeza de Vaca started the long trek with three other survivors from modern day Texas to modern day Mexico City, and he
The Christian identity in The Poem of the Cid is one of complexity and war. As demonstrated by Cid’s military campaigns God can be on both the side of Muslims and Christians, “The Moors called on Muhammad and the Christians on St. James” which leads one to believe that the monetary value of raiding and plundering villages was what led these men to band together against a common foe (The Poem of the Cid 63). Moreover, as Cid continues his adventures he clearly gains the respect of the Moors who join him against the Count Ramon of Barcelona, so perhaps one could assume it was all for monetary gain. Regardless, Cid’s story is one of conquest, glory, and honor that parallels the stories of the crusaders and parades the idea of gaining wealth through war to the populace of Iberia.
The Cid was an ideal Lord. He was generous to his followers, showed them respect, and took acceptance of their council. He was loyal almost to a fault. He brought honor to himself by giving honor to his Lord, King Alfonso. Alfonso who was the opposite of the Cid, he did not know how to let his vassals bring him honor. The King often believed the enemies of the Cid therefore not trusting him. Enemies misled the King, which later dealt the banishment of the Cid. After he was banished from his home never did he hire himself to the Moors as a mercenary. The Cid continued to gain much territory and many riches for the king who exiled him, King Alfonso. In doing this he hoped to regain the acceptance of his king.
él Californio: Don Alejandro Vásquez a great uncle of José, very stubborn old man who stayed in California after the war, as far as he was concerned he was still in México.
Spain had many conflicts, they had 2 empires. Charles V gave up his title and gave Habsburg to his brother Ferdinand and gave Spain to the Netherlands. The ottoman wanted to gain control of the area. Over time the Catholic church strengthened. The economy was bad, oversea wars drained most of their wealth.
He succumbed to the allure appealing to other 20-something Spanish men in the early 1500s: earning riches and fame. He came to America in 1502 and spent 12 years conquering in the Caribbean, witnessing the exploitation and disease that was rampant among natives. Las Casas even owned slaves during this time .
This article was written by Alfonso X, who reigned from 1252-1284, to discuss the history of Spain and more specifically the history of his kingdom, Castile. I believe that this article falls under the category of a chronicle. This chronicle discusses the history of Seville leading up to the Christian Conquest of Seville in 1248, which took place during the reign of Alfonso’s father, Fernando III (1217-1252). The piece is written with a lot of pride with the goal of celebrating the history of his kingdom. The document is broken up into three chapters as follows; First, The Chapter on the Magnificence and the Wealth of the Army at Seville, second, The Chapter on How Long Seville Was Besieged, and on the Fine Appearance of Its Splendors, and
The Eighth Crusade was launched in 1270 by King Louis IX of France. This crusade was called just 16 years after the seventh. The goal of it was to attack Tunis and gain control of their trade ports and later conquer Egypt. Sadly when they arrived in Africa 1270 much of the army got sick and Louis, who was leading the army died on August 25th leaving his brother Charles, in control of the
Charles the Great first led an invasion of the Ummayad Caliphate into Spain in 778 CE. This invasion ended unsuccessfully and forced a Carolingian retreat back to France (Royal Frankish Annals). More importantly, this defeat illustrated the power the weakened Ummayad Caliphate still possessed. Spain clearly was still a remaining stronghold for the Ummayads. Consequently, Charlemagne was wary of his enemies in Spain, and control of the Spanish March was a constant objective and priority during the rest of his reign. He foresaw the need for future assistance against his Ummayad enemies, so he turned to the Abbasid Caliphate as allies. The Abbasids were the first to successfully depose the Ummayads in the Middle East, as they were mostly responsible for labeling the Ummayads as infidels and sparking a revolution against them in 750 CE (Marin-Guzman, 227). Though they were the first faction to find success toppling the Ummayad regime, they were not the first to try. A notable historian offers that “The Abbasids succeeded where others failed because of their efficient, determined organizational skills and their clever exploitation of popular discontent and religious ideology” (Elton n.p.). Clearly, the Abbasid Caliphate had a history of fighting the Ummayads and had proven their ability to defeat them. For these reasons, Charlemagne agreed to an alliance with the Abbasids against his Muslim neighbors in Spain. Overall, their experience against the Ummayad Caliphate allowed them to perfectly complement Charlemagne’s military
The history of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) mainly constituted of the coexistence between the Muslims, the Jews and the Christians, based in the city of Cordoba where innovative ideas in agriculture were introduced. Although people of all three divergent faiths lived in the region of Cordoba, those following the Islamic faith were perceived as ‘rightful’ as their religion was believed to be the most divine and accurate, causing a silent tension within the region as a social hierarchy was developed. Islamic law in Medieval Spain inflicted mortifying scenarios on other religions and as the minorities were labelled as ‘dhimmis’, the Muslims ensured that their absolute power remained intact. However, in the midst of this rigid condition, Muslims,
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar; better known as El Cid, was a hero, an important character in the unification of very early Spain, most importantly he was a legend. His is the story of a man that came from modest origins and moved up through the art of war. El Cid was a courageous man that feared no one and served one. He was loyal, brave, and honorable; a man that his vassals and subjects should fear as much as they should love. Often referred to as, “he who was born in the lucky hour” ; El Cid follows the classic path of a wrongly judged and sentenced hero who loses his honor and then regains it, unfortunately for him, El Cid loses his honor and has to regain it more times than once. He has inspired many works of literature and is looked back at
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known best as El Cid, is revered as a great national hero of Spain. The name El Cid comes from the Arabic ‘El Seid’ meaning the Lord. Known to his admiring countrymen as ‘campeador’, or champion, he was a Spanish warrior whom later legend made into a hero and the symbol of chivalry and virtue. El Cid was born in Vivar near Burgos in 1043. His father, Diego Lainez, was a member of the minor nobility, called the ‘infanzones’ of Castile. El Cid was also directly connected on his mother’s side to royalty.