What are chansons de geste?(ASK CALLiOPe)(Brief article)

Calliope | January 1, 2006 | Copyright

Chansons de geste, French for "songs of valorous deeds," were the action movies of the Middle Ages. Exciting entertainment, they told of conflicts between superheroes and supervillains. Professional storytellers called jongleurs performed these action-packed stories wherever knights gathered. Nearly 100 of these Old French epics survive. Many tell of Charlemagne, Roland, and the 12 ...

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