Chapter 17 Flashcards
Identify the location on the map.
Morocco
Identify the location on the map.
Guadalquiver River
Find Morocco.
Find the Guadalquiver River
the leper who appeared to Rodrigo in a vision
St. Lazarus
El Cid
Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar
El Campeador
Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar
defeated the Moors at Valencia
Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar
the constituent kingdoms of Spain in the Middle Ages
Castile, Leon, Aragon
king of Castile; chose El Cid to do single combat with the champion of Aragon
Fernando of Castile
son and successor of Fernando
Alfonzo
banished El Cid
Alfonzo
named for the Roman Emperor Augustus; it is a corruption of the words “Caesar Augustus”
Saragossa
“Because I have breathed upon thee, thow shalr accomplish whatever thow shalt undertake in peace or in battle.”
St. Lazarus
to defeat in battle
vanquish
to rush out from a fortified position
sally
Describe Rodrigo’s vision at the inn and its predictionsgo was
During the night, Rodrigo was awakened by breath on his back. The leper was gone, but the vision of St. Lazarus appeared, predicting that Rodrigo would accomplish whatever he attempted in peace or battle.
