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

Men-at-Arms #200

El Cid and the Reconquista 1050–1492

David Nicolle, Angus McBride

48 pages 1988

2 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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