Geopolitics of the Late Twelfth Century and the Semanticized Spaces in the Historia Roderici

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ID12617405
AuthorsMarija Blašković (0000-0002-1496-8173, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Humanities, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona Spain, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume31
Issue2
Pages89-118
Publication date2025-04-11
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedieval Encounters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1380-7854 • E-ISSN: 1570-0674
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15700674-12340212
OpenAlexW4409558931
LanguageEN
References cited10

The Historia Roderici or Gesta Roderici Campidocti ( c. 1185–1190) is an anonymous historiographical work centered on Rodrigo Díaz, commonly known as the Cid (d. 1099). After being exiled by Alfonso VI of León and Castile (r. 1065/1072–1109) and serving the Muslim ruler of Zaragoza, this Castilian nobleman became the lord of Valencia and an Aragonese ally. Although this study addresses potential source material, the emphasis is placed on the work’s context – more precisely, on the late twelfth-century (geo)political interests of Castile and the realignments occurring in a broader peninsular setting. By contextualizing the territorial representations of and the interactions between Rodrigo and the king who banished him, it is possible to highlight the work’s underlying spatial order. This approach also reveals how the work’s configurations of power and memory via space differ from other Cidian works while offering a more nuanced understanding of the tumultuous relationship between the protagonist and King Alfonso

Ancient history · Art · Geopolitics · Medieval history · Political science · Politics · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Medieval History and Crusades

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