![]() El Cid has been well received as a work of literature for several centuries. ![]() ![]() He is mentioned in Arabic sources, and his fame endured throughout the Middle Ages, in works of varying quality. Two Latin poems, one written before the Cid's death and the other just after, chronicle his life. Several accounts of the Cid's life existed before this epic poem was written in manuscript form. It is contained in a fourteenth-century manuscript, which bears the date 1207, most likely referring to an earlier version of the poem that was copied in the later book. One of the oldest Spanish documents in existence, it is also the only extant Spanish epic to have survived almost intact. El Cid is best known for its use of irony, heroic drama, and a rare strain of realism that incorporates multifaceted portraits of Moors, Jews, and Christians. A poem based on the exploits of an historical person, Rodrigo (Ruy) D'az de Vivar, (1040–1099), this epic offers an important example of the interaction of history and literature in the Middle Ages. El Cid ( Cantar de mio Cid) recounts the heroic deeds of the Cid, an exiled member of the lower nobility who wins back his king's favor by battling the Islamic inhabitants of Spain. ![]()
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