General nature of Spanish chivalry ... Religion and heroism ...
Gallantry ... Blending of Spanish and Oriental manners ... Its
beneficial tendencies ... Peculiarities of Spanish chivalry ...
Forms of knighthood ... Various ranks of knights ... Spanish
poetry ... Heroes of chivalry ... Pelayo ... Bernardo del Carpio
... And incidentally of Charlemagne's expedition into Spain ...
The life of the Cid ... His early ferocious heroism ... Singular
marriage ... Enters the service of King Ferdinand ... The Cid's
chivalric gallantry ... He is knighted ... Death of King
Ferdinand ... The Cid becomes the knight of Sancho, king of
Castile ... Mixture of evil and good in the Cid's character ...
Supports the king in his injustice ... The Cid's romantic heroism
... Sancho's further injustice opposed by him ... Death of Sancho
... Instance of the Cid's virtuous boldness ... Character of
Alfonso, successor of Sancho ... Story of his chivalric bearing
... The Cid's second marriage ... Is banished from Alfonso's
court ... Becomes the ally of the Moors ... But recalled ... Is
banished again ... Singular story of the Cid's unknightly
meanness ... Fortunes of the Cid during his exile ... The Cid's
chivalric nobleness and generosity ... Is recalled by Alfonso ...
The Cid captures Toledo ... and Valentia ... Story of Spanish
manners ... The Cid's unjust conduct to the Moors ... The
unchivalric character of the Cid's wife and daughters ... The Cid
recalled by Alfonso ... The marriages of his daughters ... Basely
treated by their husbands ... Cortez at Toledo to decide the
cause ... Picture of ancient manners ... Death of the Cid ... His
character ... Fate of his good horse ... Spanish chivalry after
his death ... Gallantry of a knight ... The merits of missals
decided by battle ... Passage of arms at Orbigo ... Knights
travel and joust for ladies' love ... Extinction of Spanish
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