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Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-07-28 - Publisher: Osprey Publishing
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 ha
Language: en
Pages: 47
Pages: 47
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher:
Language: en
Pages: 246
Pages: 246
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Rodrigo Díaz, the legendary warrior-knight of eleventh-century Castile known as El Cid, is still honored in Spain as a national hero for liberating the fatherl
Language: en
Pages: 329
Pages: 329
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-06 - Publisher: The Crowood Press
This book is a history of the strategy, military equipment and battle-tactics of European armies in the Middle Ages. It gives a detailed analysis of twenty deci
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-03 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
This is the story of Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, chief marshal of the royal army, who was exiled from his native Castile by the weak King Alfonso in 1089. Banish