By: Richard Fletcher
By: Richard Fletcher
rodrigo diaz, the legendary warrior-knight of eleventh-century castile known as el cid, is remembered today as the christian hero of the spanish crusade who waged wars of re-conquest for the triumph of the cross over the crescent. he is still honored in spain as a national hero for liberatingthe fatherland from the occupying moors. yet, as richard fletcher shows in this award-winning book, there...
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