The Geste du roi is the title of one of the literary cycles that compose the Chansons de Geste. In the Chansons of the Geste du roi, the chief character is usually Charlemagne or one of his immediate successors. A pervasive theme is the King's role as champion of Christianity. This cycle contains the first of the chansons to be written down, the Chanson de Roland or The Song of Roland.
The Gesteduroi is the title of one of the literary cycles that compose the Chansons de Geste. In the Chansons of the Gesteduroi, the chief character...
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...
translation after J. J. Duggan) The cycles can be outlined as follows: The Gesteduroi, whose chief character is Charlemagne, seen as champion of Christianity...
list of the cycles with a few of the chansons that belong to each: The Gesteduroi. In these the chief character was Charlemagne or his heirs, and a pervasive...
France. The Charlemagne Cycle epics, particularly the first, known as GesteduRoi ("Songs of the King"), concern a King's role as champion of Christianity...
set out a grouping of the chansons de geste into three cycles: the Gesteduroi centering on Charlemagne, the Geste de Garin de Monglane (whose central...
title of another chanson de geste, Auberon, written as the prologue to Huon de Bordeaux. No prose version exists. Huon Roi de Féérie Chanson d'Esclarmonde...
known as the Brut d'Engleterre or Roman des Rois d'Angleterre, though Wace's own name for it was the Geste des Bretons, or Deeds of the Britons. Its genre...
the chansons de geste or "Matter of France" into three cycles, each named after a chief character or ancestral figure: the "Gesteduroi" (concerning Charlemagne...
of Brittany by King Charlemagne"), is a medieval Old French chanson de geste (heroic narrative poem) about the rivalry between a Saracen king, Aiquin...
Brandin, Louis, ed. (1919), La Chanson d'Aspremont: chanson de gestedu XII ̇siècle: Text du manuscrit de Wollaton Hall, vol. 1, Paris: Honoré Champion;...
works include: Manuscrits français de la bibliothèque duroi (7 vols., 1836-1848) Les Romans du Garin le Loherain, précédé d'un examen des romans carlovingiens...
French chansons de geste. In particular, he features as the protagonist in La Chevalerie Ogier (c. 1220), which belongs to the Geste de Doon de Mayence...
fiction Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician (Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien) describes the exploits and teachings...
Labande, Étude sur Baudouin de Sebourc, chanson de geste, légende poétique de Baudoin II du Bourg, roi de Jérusalem". Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes...
Longuemarre, ""Eclaircissemens sur un officier de la maison de nos rois, appelé roi des ribauds", in Constant Leber, ed. Collection des meilleurs dissertations...
provenance is described in the chanson de geste Le Chevalerie Ogier. The sword has appeared in other chansons de geste somewhat predating Chevalerie Ogier,...
La Chanson des Rois Baudoin, ed. Peter R. Grillo The Jérusalem Continuations: The London-Turin Version, ed. Peter R. Grillo La Gestedu Chevalier au Cygne...
was sometimes called the familia; later the expression "hôtel duroi" or the "maison duroi" (the "royal household") was used for people attached directly...
an unfinished chanson de geste in honour of Charles of Anjou, Le roi de Secile, begun in 1282; another short piece, Le jeu du pelerin, is sometimes attributed...
requêtes à l’Hôtel duRoi. In 1438, he became the secretary of the king, and then Conseiller et Maître des requêtes à l’Hôtel duRoi. During that time...
rebelle, Grande Biographie, Flammarion 2012: Jeanne d'Arc, la chanson et la geste, Flammarion 2014: Ces jours heureux, Flammarion 2015: Madame de Pompadour...
de paix d'Utrecht entre Louis XIV et Frédéric-Guillaume, roi de Prusse". Les Grands Traités du règne de Louis XIV ([Reprod.]) publ. par Henri Vast (in...
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