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Picture No 12699157
Date 11th century
Description El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Castilian nobleman
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Illustration from the life of El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (c1043-1099), Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain - administering the oath to the new king, Alfonso, in Santa Gadea Church, Burgos. 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.
Source Engraving by Jackson in 'The Penny Magazine', 1 May 1841, page 173
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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