the Guillaume d’Orange epic cycle

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The Guillaume d’Orange epic cycle is a collection of medieval French chansons de geste centered on the heroic deeds and battles of the knight Guillaume (William) of Orange in the service of Charlemagne.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chanson de geste cycle
epic cycle
medieval French literary work
associatedWith Carolingian legends
linked to: Charlemagne cycle

Crusading ideology
containsWork Aliscans
Chanson de Guillaume
Fierabras (in some traditions associated)
linked to: Fierabras

La Prise d’Orange
Le Charroi de Nîmes
Le Couronnement de Louis
Le Moniage Guillaume
Le Moniage Rainouart
countryOfOrigin France
earliestCompositionCentury 12th century
featuresCharacter Charlemagne
form decasyllabic verse
laisses
genre chanson de geste
epic poetry
heroFamily Aymeri de Narbonne’s lineage
heroTitle count of Orange
influenced later French epic tradition
language Old French
literaryTradition Matter of France
mainCharacter Guillaume d’Orange
William of Orange
narrativeFocus Guillaume’s defense of the realm
Guillaume’s relationship with weak kings
opponentGroup Saracens
period Middle Ages
preservedIn medieval manuscripts
relatedCycle Doon de Mayence cycle
Roland cycle
religiousElement Christian piety
miraculous interventions
setting Iberian frontier
southern France
linked to: Southern France
studiedInDiscipline medieval French literature
philology
subject battles against Saracens
heroic deeds
service to Charlemagne
theme Christian–Muslim conflict
feudal loyalty
martial heroism
royal service

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Saint William of Gellone appearsIn the Guillaume d’Orange epic cycle