El Cid: The Knight who Saved Spain - full documentary

The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: Who was El Cid? Many know him as Spain’s most iconic hero. But beneath the legend we discover the true El Cid of history – Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar – a knight born in Castile in the mid-eleventh century. He began as the right hand man to King Sancho of Castile: the King’s greatest general who won victory after victory. But after his king died amid suspicious circumstances, El Cid was banished from the kingdom of his fathers, and became a mercenary captain in service to the Emir of Zaragoza. Eventually, El Cid would strike out on his own, and become a conqueror in his own right. Ultimately, El Cid would battle one of the most powerful forces of the period – the Almoravid Empire. But what motivated the Cid? Watch our video on Fernando III and the conquest of Córdoba: Get my book about the Crusades: