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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 ...
Roland is a servant in the game Fate/Grand Order, portrayed as a faithful servant to God and a righteous paladin. [6] The English expression "to give a Roland for an Oliver", meaning either to offer a quid pro quo or to give as good as one gets, recalls the Chanson de Roland and Roland's companion Oliver. [7]
The paladins' most influential 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 is based on the historical Umayyad invasion of Gaul and subsequent conflict in the Marca Hispanica between the Frankish Empire and the Emirate of Córdoba.
Aside from the Song of Roland, the most pivotal chanson in which Oliver appears is Girart de Vienne (c.1180) by Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube. [5] Oliver's uncle Girart is fighting against his suzerain Charlemagne; after seven years of constant warfare, the two sides agree to a duel between two champions which will decide the outcome.
The story of her engagement to Roland is told in Girart de Vienne. In The Song of Roland Aude is first mentioned by her brother Oliver when he tells Roland that the two will never be married, when the two counts are arguing before the battle; they are later reconciled, but both die fighting the Saracens .
Different works give different accounts Orlando furioso, Pinabel tricks the female knight Bradamante into stepping off a cliff, but she narrowly escapes death. She later kills Pinabel for his treachery. In the Old French chanson de geste The Song of Roland, Pinabel represents his friend Ganelon, who has been charged with treason, in a trial by ...
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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). [1] [2] According to the French version, its "golden pommel (l'orie punt)" [3] [a] held some kind of a holy "relic". [7] [9]