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Page vii
... Trouvères ; French Romances ; the Arthur Cycle , 56 ; Legend of the Saint Graal , 59-65 ; other epopees ; the ' Roman d'Alex- andre , ' 67 ; Fabliaux , 68 ; Satires ; Historical Poems , 70-72 ; Wace , Benoit , Gaimar , ' Song of Dermot ...
... Trouvères ; French Romances ; the Arthur Cycle , 56 ; Legend of the Saint Graal , 59-65 ; other epopees ; the ' Roman d'Alex- andre , ' 67 ; Fabliaux , 68 ; Satires ; Historical Poems , 70-72 ; Wace , Benoit , Gaimar , ' Song of Dermot ...
Page 55
... Trouvères ; those of the other , Troubadours . language of the one was the Langue d'oil , that of the other the Langue d'oc.1 The poetry of the Trouvères was mostly epic in its character ; that of the Troubadours mostly lyric . Each ...
... Trouvères ; those of the other , Troubadours . language of the one was the Langue d'oil , that of the other the Langue d'oc.1 The poetry of the Trouvères was mostly epic in its character ; that of the Troubadours mostly lyric . Each ...
Page 57
... Trouvères had a far more im- portant and lasting influence over our early English literature than that of the Troubadours . We may arrange it under four heads : -Romances , Fabliaux , Satires , and Historical Poetry . Romances , French ...
... Trouvères had a far more im- portant and lasting influence over our early English literature than that of the Troubadours . We may arrange it under four heads : -Romances , Fabliaux , Satires , and Historical Poetry . Romances , French ...
Page 58
... Trouvères as a secondary mine of information respecting Arthur and the Round Table . 1 That is : - ' Taillefer , who sang very well , on a horse which went quickly , went before the Duke , singing of Charlemagne , and of Roland , and of ...
... Trouvères as a secondary mine of information respecting Arthur and the Round Table . 1 That is : - ' Taillefer , who sang very well , on a horse which went quickly , went before the Duke , singing of Charlemagne , and of Roland , and of ...
Page 107
... trouvères took these lays and worked them up into metrical chronicles and romances of chivalry ; finally , how the romance of chivalry was in great part spiritualised by the introduction of a religious meaning into the most popular and ...
... trouvères took these lays and worked them up into metrical chronicles and romances of chivalry ; finally , how the romance of chivalry was in great part spiritualised by the introduction of a religious meaning into the most popular and ...
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