Santa Gadea: Difference between revisions

'''Santa Gadea''' is the name of a church in [[Burgos]], [[Spain]]. The church is famous in history and literature for being the site where Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ([[El_Cid|El Cid]]) at the behest of the [[Castille|Castillian]] [[Cortes_GeneralesCortes Generales|Cortes]], forced [[Alfonso_VI_of_CastileAlfonso VI of Castile|Alfonso VI]] to swear an oath that he was not an accomplice in the death of his brother, [[Sancho_II_of_CastileSancho II of Castile|Sancho]] while he was besieging [[Zamora,_Spain Spain|Zamora]]. [[Romance XX|''Es el de la jura de Santa Gadea'']] [https://www.poesia-inter.net/indx0023.htm] is the most notable Spanish medieval [[Romance_Romance (genre)|romance]] about this event.

* [https://latorredehercules.blogia.com/2004/102805-la-jura-de-santa-agueda-el-cid-y-el-rey-.php A page which explains the history of the Oath and the dynastic and military battles behind it.]

[[es:Iglesia_de_Santa_GadeaIglesia de Santa Gadea]]