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       Lewis Spence

      Legends & Romances of Spain

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4057664562807

       Preface

       Illustrations

       Chapter I: The Sources of Spanish Romance

       The Cradle of Spanish Song

       Roman and Visigoth

       The Romance Tongues of Spain

       The Rise of Castilian

       Southward Spread of Castilian

       The Literary Development of Castilian

       The Poetical Courts of Castile

       The Rise of Romance

       Castilian Opposition to the Chansons de Gestes

       The Cantares de Gesta

       The Chronicles

       The Ballads

       The Heyday of Romance

       Possible Moorish Influence on Spanish Romance

       Arabic Poetry

       Moorish ‘Fashion’ in Spanish Romance

       The Type of Spanish Romance

       Chapter II: The “Cantares de Gesta” and the “Poema del Cid”

       The Singers of Old Spain

       The Story of Bernaldo de Carpio

       The “Poema del Cid”

       Its Only Manuscript

       Its Authorship Unknown

       Other Cantares of the Cid

       Metre of the “Poema del Cid”

       The Poem Opens

       Money-lending in the Eleventh Century

       Donna Ximena

       The Taking of Alcocer

       The Combat with the Moorish King

       The War with Raymond Berenger

       The Cid Makes War Seaward

       The Cid Welcomes his Family

       The Battle with King Bucar

       The Cid’s Daughters Wed

       The Adventure of the Lion

       A ‘Secret Service’ Story of “The Cid”

       The Fighting Bishop

       The Infantes’ Revenge

       The Court at Toledo

       Redress by Combat

       Enter Asur González

      

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