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The Song of Roland--(Dorothy L. Sayers) at Faded Page (Canada) The Song of Roland public domain audiobook at LibriVox; La Chanson de Roland (Old French) The Romance of the Middle Ages: The Song of Roland Archived 2019-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, discussion of Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Digby 23, audio clip, and discussion of the manuscript's ...
The eight phases of The Song of Roland in one picture.. The chanson de geste (Old French for 'song of heroic deeds', [a] from Latin: gesta 'deeds, actions accomplished') [1] is a medieval narrative, a type of epic poem that appears at the dawn of French literature. [2]
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff MC (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish writer and translator, most famous for his English translation of most of Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, which he published under the Shakespearean title Remembrance of Things Past.
The French traitor in The Song of Roland, who is actually Roland's cowardly step-father, is Ganelon – very likely the inspiration for Luzzati's traitor and wicked magician, Gano. Orlando Furioso (literally, Furious or Enraged Orlando, or Roland), includes Orlando's cousin, the paladin Rinaldo, who, like Orlando, is also in love with Angelica ...
Glyn Sheridan Burgess is a British scholar of medieval language and literature, Emeritus Professor at the University of Liverpool.He has published on Marie de France, [1] [2] besides other topics, and is the translator of the Penguin edition of the Lays of Marie de France and the Song of Roland. [3]
Veillantif is first mentioned in The Song of Roland (v. 2032; laisse 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 King Agolant's son Aumon. After Aumon's defeat, the horse (and his sword Durendal) was given to Roland. [1] [2]
Durendal, also spelled Durandal, is the sword of Roland, a legendary paladin and partially historical officer of Charlemagne in French epic literature. The sword is famous for its hardness and sharpness. Sources including La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland) state that it first belonged to the young Charlemagne.
Murgleys, or Murgleis (possibly "Death brand" [1]) is the sword of Ganelon, a traitorous French (Frankish) count and nemesis to the titular hero of the epic La chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland).