Grandes Titulos de la Literatura /B1/ El cantar de Mío Cid (2015)

Classics of literature. Level B1. The Cantar de Mío Cid recounts the heroic deeds of the Castilian knight Rodrigo Díaz, the Campeador. It is divided into three songs: - Song of the Exile: tells how the Cid, expelled by King Alfonso VI of Castile, leaves his lands and family. - Song of the Weddings: tells of the reconciliation between King Alfonso VI and the Cid, and recounts the weddings of the Cid's daughters with the infantes of Carrión. - Song of the Affront of Corpes: narrates the cowardice of the infantes of Carrión who abandon the Cid's daughters and the Cid's revenge.