. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. HE CID is the most prominent hero ofthe ballad poetry of Spain, which farsurpasses in amount that of any othercountry. He presents most strikinglythe best qualities of the national char-acter as displayed through subsequentcenturies. The Cid of history is inmany respects a different character;yet is still the foremost personage of the heroic period ofSpain. His proper name is Don Rodrigo Diaz de was born at the paternal castle of Bivar, in Castile, aboutthe year 1030. He was of the purest Gothic blood
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. HE CID is the most prominent hero ofthe ballad poetry of Spain, which farsurpasses in amount that of any othercountry. He presents most strikinglythe best qualities of the national char-acter as displayed through subsequentcenturies. The Cid of history is inmany respects a different character;yet is still the foremost personage of the heroic period ofSpain. His proper name is Don Rodrigo Diaz de was born at the paternal castle of Bivar, in Castile, aboutthe year 1030. He was of the purest Gothic blood; but hisfamily possessions were very small, and he was indebted tohis own valor and martial genius for the renown and import-ance which he acquired. The Ommiad dynasty, under whom the Moors in Spainhad been united and invincible, had come to an end. Theirkingdom was divided among many petty princes who werecontinually at war with each other and with the Diaz was brought up in the court of King Fernandoof Castile, and was early created a knight. His militarycar
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