Cantar de Mio Cid, (English: “Song of My Cid”, ) also called Poema De Mio Cid, Spanish epic poem of the mid-12th century, the earliest surviving monument of Spanish literature and generally considered one of the great medieval epics and one of the masterpieces of Spanish literature. The poem tells of the fall from royal favour and the eventual vindication of the Castilian 11th-century noble and military leader Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1043–99), popularly known as the Cid, who became Spain’s national hero. The original manuscript of the poem, believed to have been composed about 1140, has been lost; the
The community of Trappist monks of the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña in Burgos, Spain. / Photo credit: Archdiocese of BurgosDenver Newsroom, Aug 9, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).On Aug. 6 in the year 953, 200 monks living at the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña in Burgos, Spain, were put to death, martyred by Muslim troops. From that time until the end of the 15th century, the flooring at their place of martyrdom turned red with blood once a year.The prodigious event was repeated until a few years before the Reconquista (Reconquest) in 1492 with the final surrender of the Muslims holding out in Granada and the consolidation of Spanish territory under King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, known as the Catholic Monarchs. According to some experts, the history of the monastery dates back to the fifth century, although the current residents of the convent today state that there is no historical evidence of it until the end of the ninth century.In any case, San Pedro de Cardeña was a.
COVER STORYSwords were one of the biggest signs of honour and bravery, especially during the medieval period. Often, more than people, swords took the limelight in both historical and mythological legends.These swords from both history and.