A Saracen princess from Africa in the Italian medieval romance, Orlando Furioso, written by Ludovico Ariosto.
She was the love-interest of both heroes, Orlando (Roland) and Rinaldo (Renaud de Montauban).
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The heroine in Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , a medieval Italian romance. Bradamante was a sister of Rinaldo ( Renaud de Montauban ). Bradamante became a female knight who fell in love with a heathen warrior, Ruggiero.
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The greatest hero in the Frankish legends. He was sort of like a French Heracles, Achilles, Sigurd, Cu Chulainn or Lancelot, a hero of unsurpassed strength and courage. Roland was the main character of the epic, Chanson de Roland , which recounted...
Without enemies, there would be no heroes. And it rings true that if there were no Saracens, then there would be no Frankish knights. So in this page, I have listed some of the Saracen rulers and warriors that appeared in the chansons de geste, pa...
Queen of Spain. Bramimonde was a wife of Marsile. She was the mother of Jurfaleu the Blond. In the Chanson de Roland , she praised Ganelon when he agreed to betray his own king and set an ambush to have Roland killed, along with the other Twelve P...
Engeler was a Gascon paladin from Bordeaux. In Chanson de Roland , he killed Escremiz of Valterne and Esperveres son of Burdel. A Saracen named Climborin from Saragossa killed Engeler. Climborin drove his spear through his body. Oliver avenged him...
Renaud is the hero of epic named after him, Chanson de Renaud de Montauban , or Les Quatre Fils Aymon . Renaud was a son of Aymon de Dordogne, and brother of Alard, Guiscard, and Richard. Amyon was one of the sons of Doon de Mayence. According to ...
A kinsman of Ganelon. Pinabel was a lord of Castel de Sorence. Pinabel was not only a very formidable knight, but also a skilled spokesman. During the trial of Ganelon, Pinabel became Ganelon's advocate and champion in the trial by combat. Ganelon...
The Song of Roland , or, in French, La Chanson de Roland , is the best known of the Old French epics. It was possibly first composed some time in the 10th or 11th century, though the earliest extant version of the chanson, was found in the 12th ce...
The Wedding of Gawain and Dame Ragnell or Sir Gawain and the Lady Ragnell was a late 15th century Middle English tale of how Gawain won the love of Ragnell. In this tale, Gawain appeared in a much better light, yet strangely, the story ended witho...