Chapter 1: The Poema de mio Cid and References to the Cid Before the Composition of the Poem

Brian Powell

From Epic and Chronicle: The 'Poema de mio Cid' and the 'Crónica de veinte reyes' (1983), pp. 1-27, doi:10.59860/td.c164cde

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Brian Powell

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Abstract.  I. The Poema de mio Cid: (A) The Date of the PMC; (B) The Composition of the PMC. II. Before the Poema de mio Cid: (A) Carmen Campidoctoris; (B) Historia Roderici; (C) Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris; (D) Crónica Najerense; (E) Liber Regum and Linaje del Cid. III. The PMC and the Previous Tradition. Note cues in this chapter refer to endnotes in the end matter of the book.

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