chanson de geste
(in medieval French literature) an epic poem written in assonant verse or rhyme about historical or legendary events or figures.
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Cest la chanson de geste qui continue: cest la croisade qui nest point finie, cest Dieu transparaissant travers la France purifie.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyAnd the chanson de geste proper, as Frenchmen are entitled to boast, never quite deserts this matière de France.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory | George SaintsburyWhen this subject or group of subjects palled, the very form of the chanson de geste was lost.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory | George SaintsburyGaston Paris defined a chanson de geste as a song the subject of which is a series of historical facts or gesta.
Yet the matter was fit for legend and romance; and a late impotent chanson de geste was formed out of the career of du Guesclin.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for chanson de geste
/ French (ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ də ʒɛst) /
one of a genre of Old French epic poems celebrating heroic deeds, the most famous of which is the Chanson de Roland
Origin of chanson de geste
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