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69 Cards in this Set
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Dona Jimena
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Wife of The Cid
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Dona Sol
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Daughter of The Cid
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Dona Elvira
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Daughter of The Cid
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Sancho
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Brother of King Alfonso. The Cid's Liege Lord. Let The Cid stay at his monastery before he officially left Vivar. Looked after The Cid's wife and daughters while he was gone.
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Urraca
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Sister of King Alfonso. Crowned queen for a while
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King of Seville
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Moorish. Came after The Cid after he conquered Valencia. The Cid won Babieca from him
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Minaya Alvar Fanez
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The Cid's right-hand man. Wanted to earn his pay from The Cid. Very honest man.
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Pedro Bermudez
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The Cid's nephew
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Don Jerome
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Cleric from France; appointed bishop of Valencia
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Martin Antolinez
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Citizen from Burgos. Supplied The Cid with bread and wine for no charge. Joins The Cid's men. Brave and daring. "Good man from Burgos." He was the one who The Cid sent to the ladies to trick them w/ the treasure chests.
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Muno Gustioz
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Member of The Cid's household. Oveheard the princes' convo were they were scared of fighting the King of Seville and reports them to The Cid
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Felez Munoz
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Principle knight who supported The Cid's nephew.
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Beni-Gomez Clan
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Family who the Infantes came from
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Count Garcia Ordonez
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Defeated by The Cid. Had beard cut. The Cid's chief rival
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Count Ramon Berenguer
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The Cid killed him and took The Colada. Count of Barcelona. Wanted to fight Cid, but Cid didn't have any beef w/him. Count kept insisting so Cid obliged and took him hostage. Count wouldn't eat for 3 days until Cid promised to let him go if he ate. Took place in Tevar. Cid had 100 knights w/him.
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Don Diego Gonzelez
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One of the Infantes. Married The Cid's daughter
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Don Fernando Gonzelez
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One of the Infantes. Married The Cid's daughter
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King Yusuf
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King of Morocco. Brought 50,000 men in ships to find The Cid. This battle fought in front of the Cid's family in Valencia
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King Bucar
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King of Seville. Attacked The Cid with 50,000 men. The Cid won The Tizon by killing him. This was the battle that the Infantes chickened out on
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Rachel
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One of the ladies who The Cid asked to watch the chest
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Vidas
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One of the ladies who The Cid asked to watch the chest
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St. James
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Apostle. Patron saint of Spain. Buried in Galicia.
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Don Sancho
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Person The Cid left his wife and daughter with at the beginning of the story
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Colada
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Sword won from Count Ramon at Barcelona. Worth 1000 silver marks
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Tizon
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Sword won from King Bucar. Sword worth a thousand gold marks. "The Burning Sword"
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Ansur Gonzalez
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Fought against Muno Gustioz for The Cid in Castilla. Younger brother of the Infantes
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Prince of Navarre
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Married a daughter of The Cid
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Prince of Aragon
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Married a daughter of The Cid
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Vivar
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Where The Cid is from/born
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Burgos
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Town where The Cid went to at the beginning where his wife and daughters stayed before they went to Valencia. They were all told not to help him if he asked. He started with 60 knights
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Toledo
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Greatest Moorish city of Spain. Court held here.
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Castejon
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First town captured. Each knight received 100 marks. Captured from Moors. 300 horsemen.
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Alcocer
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Town taken by trickery. Built trench then acted like they were leaving. When the people of Alcocer came out, The Cid and his men came back and kicked their butts. Siege lasted 3 weeks. 600 Cid's men. The Moors ended up trapping The Cid's men in Alcocer, but the The Cid eventually came out (with Pedro Bermudez carrying his standard) and whipped their butts. 3300 dead Moors, 510 new horses
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Barcelona
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Count Ramon killed here; Colada won. Faught on bottom of hills. Ramon's men used racing saddles and wore silk so they slid then came down hills.
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Tevar
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Forest where The Cid defeated the forces of Count Ramon (dude who wouldn't eat) of Barcelona with 100 knights
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Valencia
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Big city The Cid captured where he eventually settled down and made home
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Corpes
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Forest where the Infantes left The Cid's daughters for dead
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Carrion
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Where the Infantes are from. Also where the main fight was
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Cabra
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City where The Cid defeated and took the beard of Count Garcia
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718
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First Covadonga. Reconquest (battle with Arabs over Spain)
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Invaders of Spain
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*Iberians
Phoenicians Greeks Celts Carthaginians Romans Vandals Alani Suevis *Visigoths Jews *Moslems |
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Visigothic Traits
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Long beards
Consult with vassals before battle Invoke of God at solemn moments Fought before the family Birds as omens Naming of swords Loyalty to leader Army made up of family, vassals, and friends |
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Apilogue
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Story tones to instruct; has a moral lesson
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Outline of an apilogue
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Intro
Instruction Point taught Reaffirmation of point |
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Moral of the weird story
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You gotta establish who you are from the beginning of a relationship
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Author of weird story
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Don Juan Manuel
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Source of weird story
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Eastern Indian
"Calilae Dimma" - contains tales from Count Lucador |
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Alfonso X
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"The Wise." Most powerful Christian king. Had a large kingdom. Uncle of Don Juan Manuel. Wrote 1st code of laws. Called scribes to write down summaries of epic poems for the first time
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Assonance
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The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words. A vowel rhyme
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Genre of The Cid
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Epic Poem:
- Simple narrative plot - Hero towers above other great characters - Warfare accepted - Begins "en media res" - Epic Tags: highlight positive traits ("good man from Burgos") |
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Birth of The Cid
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1050
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Death of The Cid
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1099
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Date The Cid was written
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1140
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Don Juan
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1284-1438
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Moors invade Spain
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711-1492
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Christian reconquest
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718-1492
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Battle of Covacong starts Christian Reconquest
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718
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Most important contributors to Spain
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Romans - roads, law, language, buildings
Visigoths - civilized. Established law. Established a state religion Moslems - most influential. |
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Frame Tale
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A story within a story. The frame story leads readers from the first story into the smaller one within it.
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Levels of Society. "Feudalism"
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Royality, Nobility, Peasants, Serfs (land workers)
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Liege Lord
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Swears allegiance to their lord who swears to protect them in return
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Theme for all epic poems
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Good vs. Evil
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Theme of The Cid
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Honor (although good vs. evil as well)
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3 themes of each cantar in The Cid
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1. Exile
2. Marriage of daughters 3. Winning Valencia |
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Honor in The Cid
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Men are responsible for protecing the honor of the family
Women are the honor |
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Epic Tags of The Cid
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Born at a good hour
Long flowing beard Attached to a character's name to remind you who they are |
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Cataloging
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Keep reminding the listener of numbers (number of horses, soldiers, etc)
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Supernatural occurances in The Cid
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None because it was compiled only 50 years after his death
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Style of The Cid
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Assonance
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