The chanson de geste (Old French for 'song of heroic deeds', from Latin: gesta 'deeds, actions accomplished') is a medieval narrative, a type of epic poem... 36 KB (4,690 words) - 21:25, 4 March 2024 |
songs of chansonnier, chanson de geste and Grand chant; court songs of the late Renaissance and early Baroque music periods, air de cour; popular songs... 14 KB (1,470 words) - 13:10, 26 April 2024 |
Song of Roland (redirect from Chanson de Roland) The Song of Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland) is an 11th-century chanson de geste based on the Frankish military leader Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux... 29 KB (3,779 words) - 06:28, 5 May 2024 |
Chanson d'Aspremont (or simply Aspremont, or Agolant) is a 12th-century Old French chanson de geste (before 1190). The poem comprises 11, 376 verses (unusually... 5 KB (498 words) - 03:17, 3 May 2023 |
Gaydon is a chanson de geste written in about 1230 AD. It recounts the story of Thierry, friend of Charlemagne in the Chanson de Roland, for whom "Gaydon"... 2 KB (208 words) - 20:20, 13 March 2023 |
The Chanson de Guillaume, also called Chançun de Willame (English: "Song of William"), is a chanson de geste from the first half of the twelfth-century... 4 KB (373 words) - 20:02, 10 July 2023 |
Basin is a chanson de geste about Charlemagne's childhood. While the Old French epic poem has been lost, the story has come down to us via a 13th-century... 2 KB (225 words) - 09:33, 15 August 2023 |
Durendal (section Chanson de Roland) by the young Charlemagne, according to the 12th-century fragmentary chanson de geste Mainet (the title of which refers to the pseudonym Charles adopted... 20 KB (2,182 words) - 07:52, 24 March 2024 |
form was generally dictated by the genre. The Old French epics ("chansons de geste") are generally written in ten-syllable assonanced "laisses", while... 32 KB (4,505 words) - 06:44, 30 November 2023 |
Charlemagne and his associates. The cycle springs from the Old French chansons de geste, and was later adapted into a variety of art forms, including Renaissance... 11 KB (1,477 words) - 06:00, 5 January 2024 |
Huon of Bordeaux (redirect from Auberon (chanson de geste)) all these feats with the assistance of the fairy king Oberon. The chanson de geste that survives (in three more or less complete manuscripts and two short... 8 KB (904 words) - 19:42, 27 November 2023 |
of Charles Martel. While Astolfo's name appeared in the Old French chanson de geste The Four Sons of Aymon, his first major appearance was in the anonymous... 7 KB (899 words) - 01:08, 29 April 2024 |
Lorraine cycle (category Chansons de geste) The 12th-century chanson de geste of Garin le Loherain ('Garin the Lotharingian'), together with the slightly later Girbert de Metz, form the core and... 9 KB (1,143 words) - 03:18, 16 April 2024 |
the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th century) chanson de geste cycle of the Matter of France, where they play a similar role to the... 18 KB (2,099 words) - 10:55, 6 April 2024 |
La Geste de Garin de Monglane is the second cycle of the three great cycles of chansons de geste created in the early days of the genre. It centres on... 12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:58, 14 September 2023 |
gesture with unwelcome or futile consequences, and an allusion to the chanson de geste, a literary poem celebrating the legendary deeds of a hero. P. C. Wren... 12 KB (1,468 words) - 19:08, 9 August 2023 |
"La Chanson de Jérusalem et la Gran Conquista de Ultramar" in Romania 46:32–48, 1940 Susan B. Edgington, "Albert of Aachen and the Chansons de Geste" in... 2 KB (322 words) - 15:00, 21 June 2023 |
Girart de Vienne is a late twelfth-century (c.1180) Old French chanson de geste by Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube. The work tells the story of the sons of Garin... 6 KB (916 words) - 16:51, 1 March 2023 |
de Carthage is a thirteenth-century chanson de geste. It is preserved in four manuscripts, though some are fragmentary. It is a sequel to the Chanson... 5 KB (498 words) - 21:17, 15 May 2023 |
Jean Bodel (redirect from Chanson de Saisnes) French poet who wrote a number of chansons de geste as well as many fabliaux. He lived in Arras. Bodel wrote Chanson des Saisnes [fr] ("Song of the Saxons")... 4 KB (447 words) - 16:17, 22 January 2024 |
Aymeri de Narbonne is a legendary hero of Old French chansons de geste and the Matter of France. In the legendary material, as elaborated and expanded... 6 KB (887 words) - 08:56, 1 December 2023 |
cantar de gesta is the Spanish equivalent of the Old French medieval chanson de geste or "songs of heroic deeds". The most important cantares de gesta... 3 KB (411 words) - 10:48, 12 August 2023 |
The Chanson d'Antioche is a chanson de geste in 9000 lines of Alexandrin in stanzas called laisses, now known in a version composed about 1180 for a courtly... 4 KB (580 words) - 07:09, 9 May 2024 |
Doon de Mayence also known as Doolin de Maience, Doon de Maience or Doolin de Mayence was a fictional hero of the Old French chansons de geste, who gives... 4 KB (521 words) - 20:43, 26 September 2023 |
Gormond et Isembart (redirect from Chanson d'Isembart) French chanson de geste from the second half of the eleventh or first half of the twelfth century. Along with The Song of Roland and the Chanson de Guillaume... 5 KB (577 words) - 05:40, 21 November 2023 |