The Song of Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland) is an 11th-century chanson de geste based on the deeds of the Frankish military leader Roland at the...
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the medieval Matter of France. The tale of Roland's death is retold in the 11th-century poem The Song of Roland, where he is equipped with the olifant...
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The Song of Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Frank Cassenti and starring Klaus Kinski. Klaus Kinski as Roland...
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epic poem The Song of Roland. Roland may also refer to: Rural Municipality of Roland, Manitoba Canada Roland, Manitoba, a village Roland, Arkansas, United...
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Abaddon (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024)
diverges significantly, as seen in the "Song of Roland," an 11th-century epic poem. Abaddon is depicted as part of a fictional trinity, alongside Mahome...
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but he may also have been influenced by the term "Califerne" in the Song of Roland, an 11th-century epic poem written in Old French. When Spanish explorers...
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Oliver (paladin) (redirect from Olivier (The Song of Roland))
knight in the Matter of France chansons de geste, especially the French epic The Song of Roland. In the tradition, he was Roland's closest friend, advisor...
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poem The Song of Roland, which features Roland, Charlemagne's loyal paladin, blowing his hunting horn (as Childe Roland also does at the end of the poem)...
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Termagant (category Stereotypes of women)
Tervagant was the name of a god that some European Christians believed Muslims worshipped. It originates in the eleventh-century Song of Roland The word is also...
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Roland who served in the Frankish army under Charlemagne circa 778 A.D. and whose exploits were celebrated in the Chanson de Roland or Song of Roland...
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Paladin (redirect from Peers of Charlemagne)
appearance is in The Song of Roland, written between 1050 and 1115, which narrates the heroic death of Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. The legend...
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Roland Corporation (ローランド株式会社, Rōrando Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment...
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Charlemagne (redirect from Charles I of France)
of the emperor as a leader of Christian knights in wars against Muslims. The cycle includes chansons de geste (epic poems) such as the Song of Roland...
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Durendal (category The Song of Roland)
Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland) state that it first belonged to the young Charlemagne. According to one legend, at the end of the Battle of Roncevaux...
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Shmuel-Bukh (category Cultural depictions of David)
epic,' The Song of Roland, or the English 'national epic,' Beowulf. Its authorship is a matter of controversy. The next to last stanza of one surviving...
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Roland Jaime Orzábal De La Quintana (born 22 August 1961) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and author. He is the guitarist...
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some of which change and exaggerate events. The battle is recounted in the 11th century The Song of Roland, the oldest surviving major work of French...
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Joyeuse (redirect from Saber of Charlemagne)
Warriors. J.M Dent & Sons. Song of Roland (Oxford manuscript) (in Old French). laisse 229. Coronation sword and scabbard of the Kings of France Archived 2021-01-03...
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Orlando Furioso (redirect from Roland furieux)
features with the Old French La Chanson de Roland of the eleventh century, which tells of the death of Roland. The story is also a chivalric romance which...
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Images of Roland shows that it has a central peak. It is named after Roland, the titular main character and protagonist of the Song of Roland, a medieval...
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Chanson de geste (category Matter of France)
according to one expert; and The Song of Roland probably dates from after 1086 to c.1100. Three early theories of the origin of chansons de geste believe in...
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A Roland statue is a statue of a knight with a drawn sword, signifying the town privileges of a medieval city. Such statues exist in a number of cities...
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Knight (redirect from Knighthood, Orders of)
social code including the values of gentility, nobility and treating others reasonably. In The Song of Roland (c. 1100), Roland is portrayed as the ideal knight...
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"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" is a song composed by Warren Zevon and David Lindell and performed by Zevon. It was included on Zevon's 1978 album...
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200m 220yds Bremen Roland The Bremen Roland is a statue of Roland, erected in 1404. It stands in the market square (Rathausplatz) of Bremen, Germany,...
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French literature (redirect from Literature of France)
first on the list of Nobel Prizes in literature by country. One of the first known examples of French literature is the Song of Roland, the first major...
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Baligant (category Characters in The Song of Roland)
In The Song of Roland, Baligant is the Emir of Babylon (i.e., Cairo, not the Mesopotamian Babylon), who tries to aid the defense of Zaragoza (sometimes...
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Hauberk (section Invention and spread of mail armor)
coat of mail, emphasizing the importance of armor in their heroic confrontations. This French epic poem the Song of Roland describes the Battle of Roncevaux...
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rebellion. Central figures of the Matter of France include Charlemagne and his paladins, especially Roland, hero of The Song of Roland, and his companion Oliver...
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named after characters and locations in the Old French epic poem The Song of Roland, specifically the English translation by Dorothy L. Sayers. A mons /ˈmɒnz/...
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