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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Map of the county of Castile after 932 as depicted in the Poema de Fern�an Gonz�alez -- Map of the Iberian Peninsula in 1252 -- From the Islamic invasion to the reign of Alfonso X: a chronology -- The dynasty of the counts of Castile in the early tenth century -- The rulers of Castile (House of Burgundy): 1126-1284 -- Introduction -- 1. The tale of Fern�an Gonz�alez -- 2. Inventing the past: a tenth-century hero in a thirteenth-century context

3. Men of learning and juglares: the art of the mester de clerec�ia and the use of stylistic features associated with oral poetry -- 4. Kingship and the social order, conquest and crusade: the themes of the Poema de Fern�an Gonz�alez -- 5. Note on the Spanish text -- 6. The translation -- Select Bibliography -- The Poema de Fern�an Gonz�alez -- Commentary

New translation of the thirteenth century account of the life and achievements of the tenth century Castillian leader Fern�an Gonz�alez and historical study of his life and of the historical background to the poem.

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