Garin de Monglane

Garin de Monglane is a fictional aristocrat who gives his name to the second cycle of Old French chansons de geste , La Geste de Garin de Monglane . ^[1] His cycle tells stories of fiefless lads of noble birth who went off seeking land and adventure fighting the Saracens.

The several heroes who rode off seeking war and wealth in this way are given genealogies that made Garin de Monglane their common ancestor. Apart from fathering a race of landless knights, Garin de Monglane himself is a character whose portrait in the poems is otherwise drawn very sketchily. Poems belonging to the Garin cycle include the chansons of Girart de Vienne , Aimeri de Narbonne , and Guillaume . Of these poems, Aimeri de Narbonne has the largest literary interest.

Garin de Monglane had a named sword, Finechamp, which was discovered and unearthed in Britain thanks to Merlin's wisdom, and had been "carried many a day by King Arthur, and tested often". ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• Matter of France
• Girart de Roussillon
• Franco-Provençal language

References

1. Dolezel, Pavel; Vanova, Tamara. "An Outline of English Fiction". Pedagogická fakulta MU. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
2. Pey ed. (1859), pp. 264–265, xlvii.
3. Langlois (1904), Table des noms s.v. " Finechamp : "Épée de Garin de Monglane. DM=Doon de Mayence 264, 265; Ga=Gaufrei 16".
4. DM= Doon de Mayence, vv. 8745–8759 (Finechamp, v. 8753) ^{[2] [3]}
5. Barber, Richard (2020). "1. Arthurian Swords I:Gawain's Sword and the Legend of Weland the Smith". In Archibald, Elizabeth; Johnson, David F. (eds.). Arthurian Literature. Vol. XXXV. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 11–12. ISBN   9781843845454.

Bibliography

• Langlois, Ernest (1904). Table des noms propres de toute nature compris dans les chansons de geste. Parils: Émille Bouillon.
• Pey, Alexandre, ed. (1859). Doon de Maience. Chanson de geste publiée pour la première fois d’après les manuscrits de Montpellier et de Paris. Les anciens poètes de la France 2 (in Old French). Paris: F. Vieweg.