[Rodrigo pursues the traitor Bellido Dolfos] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Rodrigo pursues the traitor Bellido Dolfos]
Subject: Nobility; Inheritance and Succession; Sancho II, King of Castile and Leon
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain
Description: King Don Sancho lies dying on the right, as Rodrigo pursues his killer Bellido Dolfos to the walls of Zamora. Dolfos was a citizen of Zamora, which was ruled by Sancho’s sister Urraca and was the last of the territories inherited by Sancho’s siblings that he had not yet conquered for himself. Dolfos tricked Sancho, saying that he would show him a way into the city. Despite being warned that this was a trap by Arias Gonzalez, a leading noble of Zamora, Sancho went along with Dolfos to his death.
Image Creator: John Jackson (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:11699
Language: eng
Source Name: The Cid: A Short Chronicle, Founded on the Early Poetry of Spain
Parent Collection: 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem; 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem
Image: mta_11699_OBJ.png
Collection: El Cid
Subject: Nobility; Inheritance and Succession; Sancho II, King of Castile and Leon