• 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...
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    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...
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  • Hautes-Alpes department Aspremont (chanson de geste), an Old French chanson de geste about a battle at Aspromonte in Italy House of Aspremont [fr], a French noble...
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    of 11 376 verses was written, named after this victory, named Aspremont (chanson de geste). Giuseppe Garibaldi, landing here with 3,000 volunteers in his...
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    Moriale), near Toledo. According to another 12th-century chanson de geste, the Song of Aspremont, the owner of Durendal just before Roland obtained it was...
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    are found in several early manuscripts. The earliest chanson de geste, called Le Chanson de Girart de Roussillon, dates from the second half of the 12th...
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  • 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...
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    Fierabras (c. 1170) Aspremont (c. 1190–1200) Huon de Bordeaux (c. 1216–1268) Chanson de Saisnes by Jean Bodel (1200) The Geste de Garin de Monglane, whose...
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    Roland appears in Entrée d'Espagne, a 14th-century Franco-Venetian chanson de geste (in which he is transformed into a knight errant, similar to heroes...
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    151). Veillantif was given various origins. In the 12th century chanson de geste Aspremont, the horse is said to have formerly been in the possession of...
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  • Daurel e Betó (category Chansons de geste)
    "Daurel and Beton"), is an anonymous chanson de geste in Old Occitan which full title reads Lo romans de Daurel e de Betó. It is made up of 2198 lines,...
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  • provenance is described in the chanson de geste Le Chevalerie Ogier. The sword has appeared in other chansons de geste somewhat predating Chevalerie Ogier...
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  • (Orlandino) from various legends and chansons de geste, and for his Aspramonte, a reworking of the chanson de geste Aspremont, which also features the hero Ruggiero...
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    château d'Oridon mentioned in various manuscripts and chansons de geste, as well as the château de Montessor in The Four Sons of Aymon. The ruins of this...
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  • Agolant is a central character in the late 12th century Old French chanson de geste Aspremont (before 1190). In this tale, Agolant and his son Helmont invade...
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    contains a unique collection of fifteen texts in French, including chansons de geste, chivalric romances, treatises on warfare and chivalry, and finally...
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