El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Castilian nobleman
Illustration from the life of El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (c1043-1099), Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain - Ximena Gomez suing for justice. He was immortalised in a 12th century Spanish epic poem, El Cantar de Mio Cid, and is the subject of a play by Pierre Corneille, an opera by Jules Massenet, and a film starring Charlton Heston
Picture No
12548491
Media ID
47664492
Size
5158px x 6127px
(7.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by Jackson after Harvey in The Penny Magazine', 6 February 1841, page 49
Date
11th century
