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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the Guillaume d’Orange epic cycle canonical 1

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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 ⓘ