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
>
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