El Cid and the Reconquista 1050–1492 by David Nicolle, Angus McBride

El Cid and the Reconquista 1050–1492

Men-at-Arms #200

David Nicolle, Angus McBride

48 pages first pub 1988 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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The very name El Cid sums up much of the special character of medieval Spanish warfare. It comes from the Arabic al sayyid, master or chieftain, and seems to have been given to Rodrigo de Vivar by his Muslim foes. But was it given in recognition o...

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