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European literature in 1100. Late discovery of the chansons. Their
age and history. Their distinguishing character. Mistakes about them.
Their isolation and origin. Their metrical form. Their scheme of
matter. The character of Charlemagne. Other characters and
characteristics. Realist quality. Volume and age of the chansons.
Twelfth century. Thirteenth century. Fourteenth, and later. Chansons
in print. Language: oc and oïl. Italian. Diffusion of the
chansons. Their authorship and publication. Their performance.
Hearing, not reading, the object. Effect on prosody. The jongleurs.
Jongleresses, &c. Singularity of the chansons. Their charm.
Peculiarity of the geste system. Instances. Summary of the geste
of William of Orange. And first of the Couronnement Loys. Comments
on the Couronnement. William of Orange. The earlier poems of the
cycle. The Charroi de Nîmes. The Prise d'Orange. The story of
Vivien. Aliscans. The end of the story. Renouart. Some other
chansons. Final remarks on them | [22] |