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Chanson de geste

The chanson de geste (Old French for 'song of heroic deeds', from Latin: gesta 'deeds, actions accomplished') is a medieval narrative, a type of epic poem that appears at the dawn of French literature. The earliest known poems of this genre date from the late 11th and early 12th centuries, shortly before the emergence of the lyric poetry of the troubadour…

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Chanson de geste

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Edges271
Triples14
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007353
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Chanson de geste

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related to External links · 8
Chanson de geste → Archives, Arlima, Bibliography, French, Geste, La Chanson, Littérature, Moyen
related to Composition and performance · 5
Chanson de geste → As, Opinions, Similarly, The, Thus

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Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queeneinstance ofThe incidents and plot devices of the Italian epics later became central to works of English literature0.80text
Chanson de gesterelated to Composition and performanceThe0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to Composition and performanceThus0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to Composition and performanceOpinions0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to Composition and performanceSimilarly0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to Composition and performanceAs0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to External linksBibliography0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to External linksFrench0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to External linksArlima0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to External linksArchives0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to External linksLittérature0.60section
Chanson de gesterelated to External linksMoyen0.60section

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