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Orlando

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | © The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Orlando the Italian form of Roland, a hero of the romances of Charlemagne. Orlando Furioso is a poem by Ariosto, published in its complete form in 1532, designed to exalt the house of Este and its legendary ancestor Rogero ( Ruggiero). It continues the story of the love of Orlando (Roland in the Charlemagne romances) for Angelica, princess of Cathay, begun in Orlando Innamorato, a poem by Boiardo, published in 1487.

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