Word: castilian
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...French. It gives us a type of manners and of character mainly Spanish, - and Spanish according to the imaginative tradition of Spain. Ruy Diaz de Bivar in real life; differs from the poetic tradition of Spain. He was idealized as the representative hero of Castile, and especially of the Castilian people. The emphasis changes in the later tradition...