Bernardo carpio wikipedia
Bernardo carpio story...
Bernardo carpio wikipedia
Bernardo del Carpio
Not to be confused with Bernardo Carpio.
Bernardo del Carpio (also spelled Bernaldo del Carpio) is a legendary hero of the medieval Spain.[1] Until the end of the nineteenth century and the labors of Ramón Menéndez Pidal, he, not El Cid, was considered to have been the chief hero of medieval Christian Spain and was believed to be a historical person.
His factual existence has been defended in the later 20th century, although the Spanish government has not designated him to be historical.
The story
The earliest form of the legend of Bernardo is found in the Chronicon mundi of Lucas of Tuy (1236), followed closely by the Historia Gothica of Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada (1243) and the Primera Crónica General (1270).[2]
According to the form of the legend found in the 13th-century chronicles, Bernardo was the son of the secret marriage of Sancho Díaz, count of Saldaña, and Jimena, daughter of King Alfonso II of Asturias (r.