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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Richard, You are right, of course. The Cid is much more of a "real" person with all the complexities thereof. He is put in a position of "shame" and has to redeem himself in a condition of exile. It has been a long time since I read the Cid, so I am reluctant to go into more details. I'll look at it when I get home on Tuesday and see if I can be more help. yrs, tom ault On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:02:18 -0400 Richard Landes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >culture > >At 11:48 AM 6/10/2004, you wrote: > >>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >>culture >> >>Hi, Richard! No. _El Cantar de Mio Cid_is a Spanish epic, not >>related >>to Roland. yrs, tom ault > >i understand that they're two different tales. but from the point of >view >of the issues of honor and shame, how wd you compare what they have >to >offer. in both cases we have "heroes" driven by the concerns of >honor and >shame. el cid strikes me as more complex and subtle. roland is more >like >a superhero comic book. > >r > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write >to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html