Anonymous, Mocedades de Rodrigo [The Youthful Deeds of the Cid]

Rebecca De Souza (Freie Universität Berlin)

Ed. by Andrew M. Beresford, University of Durham
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.2.01: Spanish Literature and Culture from the Beginning to the Golden Age.
Vol. editors: Andrew M. Beresford (University of Durham), Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Juan Pablo Rodriguez (Yale University), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Dates

First circulation or publication c. 1360

Places

Spain (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)

Resources

Overview

The Mocedades de Rodrigo (MR) is a medieval epic poem composed in Spanish in the second half of the fourteenth century. It tells of the early life of Spain’s emblematic epic hero, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid. Throughout the tale of the young Rodrigo’s exploits, the poet consciously interweaves the story of the foundation of the diocese of Palencia, a town in northern Castile. The poem is written in epic form, in stanzas of four lines of irregular length, each split into hemistichs and linked by assonance.

The only surviving manuscript copy is held in Paris (Bibliothèque Nationale MS Esp. 12), appended to the transcription of a …

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Citation: De Souza, Rebecca. "Mocedades de Rodrigo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 June 2018 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=38811, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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