Book/Printed Material Legends of Charlemagne;
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Image 7 of Legends of Charlemagne; LEGENDS CHARLEMAGNE OR ROMANCE OF THE MIDDLE AGES By THOMAS BULFINCH AUTHOR OF THE AGE OF FABLE THE AGE OF CHIVALRY ETC How Agrican with all his northern powers Besieged Albracca as…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
- Date: 1864
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Image 8 of Legends of Charlemagne; wr Ls co we according to Act of Congress in the eke 1862 by Tuomas BULFINCH Zaha 7 Qi ee Bees Lava Lap ae tte ae ame an a we6 od ete…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 9 of Legends of Charlemagne; 4 Ny PREFACE ESIDES the education which schools and colleges B impart there is still another kind necessary to completeness It is that which has for its object a knowledge of polite…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 10 of Legends of Charlemagne; 1V PREFACE dure these productions will retain their place among the most cherished creations of human genius In two previous works The Age of Fable anc The Age of Chivalry the author…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 11 of Legends of Charlemagne; PREFACE Vv the Italian poets named above next the Romans de Chevalerie of the Comte de Tressan lastly certain German collections of popular tales Some chapters have been borrowed from Leigh Hunts…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 13 of Legends of Charlemagne; CONTENTS Paae INTRODUCTION e e ix THE PEERS OR PALADINS 1 THe TOURNAMENT A 15 THE SIEGE OF ALBRACCA arses ADVENTURES OF RINALDO AND ORLANDO 4 48 THE INVASION OF FRANCE s…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 14 of Legends of Charlemagne; Vill CONTENTS RINALDO AND BAYARD 270 DEATH OF RINALDO 5 e280 Huon oF BoRDEAUX 5 290 Huon oF BORDEAUX CONTINUED A 4 s oe Hton oF BorRDEAUX CONTINUED e e 319 OGIER…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 15 of Legends of Charlemagne; INTRODUCTION Tf Whi HOSE who have investigated the origin of the romantic fa Charles Marteland perhaps of other Charleses have been blended in popu lar tradition with those properly belong ing to…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 16 of Legends of Charlemagne; ZS INTRODUCTION In the century beginning from the year 600 the countries bordering upon the native land of our Saviour to the east and south had not yet received his religion Arabia…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 17 of Legends of Charlemagne; INTRODUCTION Da title of king the first of those illustrious Charleses of whom we have spoken Charles Martel the grandfather of Charle magne The Saracens of Spain had made incursions into France…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 18 of Legends of Charlemagne; xu INTRODUCTION Charles Martel had called together his warriors from every part of his dominions and at the head of such an army as had hardly ever been seen in France crossed…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 19 of Legends of Charlemagne; INTRODUCTION Xill Accordingly when daylight came the Franks drew up in order of battle but no enemy appeared and when at last they ventured to approach the Saracen camp they found it…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 20 of Legends of Charlemagne; XIV INTRODUCTION empire extended over what we now call France Germany Switzerland Holland Belgium and great part of Italy In the year 800 Charlemagne being in Rome whither he had gone with…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 21 of Legends of Charlemagne; INTRODUCTION XV vassal of the monarchy but now on the return of the Franks he had called together all the wild mountaineers who acknowledged him as their chief and they occupied the…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 22 of Legends of Charlemagne; XVl1 INTRODUCTION Turpin Archbishop of Rheims the friend and secretary of Charles the Great excellently skilled in sacred and pro fane literature of a genius equally adapted to prose and verse the…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 23 of Legends of Charlemagne; INTRODUCTION XVil Ariosto The characters of Orlando Rinaldo Astolpho Gano and others are the same in all though the adven tures attributed to them are different Boiardo tells us of the loves…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 24 of Legends of Charlemagne; XVill INTRODUCTION monarch those who marched at his side and those who fol ed him all had similar arms Iron covered the fields and the roads iron points reflected the rays of…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 25 of Legends of Charlemagne; INTRODUCTION XIX or royal school which should have the direction of the studies of all the schools of the kingdom Charlemagne himself was a member of this academy on equal terms with…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 26 of Legends of Charlemagne; XX INTRODUCTION by Charles began rapidlyto crumble Louis was followed successively by two Charleses incapable princes whose weak and often tyrannical conduct is no doubt the source of incidents of that character…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 27 of Legends of Charlemagne; i a oY at thee LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE iff PEEKS OR PALADINS HE twelve most illustrious knights of Charlemagne were called Peers for the equality that reigned among them while the name…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 28 of Legends of Charlemagne; ae LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE treacherous enemy of all the rest was rated high on the list by his deluded sovereign who was completely the victim of his arts We shall introduce more…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 29 of Legends of Charlemagne; THE PEERS OR PALADINS 3 Orlando was so poor that he was sometimes half naked As he was a favorite of the boys one day four of them brought some cloth to…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 30 of Legends of Charlemagne; 4 LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE RotAnD AND FERRAGUS Orlando er Roland particularly distinguished him self by his combat with Ferragus Ferragus was a giant and moreover his skin was of such impenetrable stuff…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 31 of Legends of Charlemagne; THE PEERS OR PALADINS D slept in perfect security for it was against all the laws of chivalry to take advantage of an adversary under such circumstances But Ferragus lay so uncomfort…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 32 of Legends of Charlemagne; 6 LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE A RoLAND FOR AN OLIVER Guerin de Montglave held the lordship of Vienne subject to Charlemagne He had quarrelled with his sovereign and Charles laid siege to his…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 33 of Legends of Charlemagne; THE PEERS OR PALADINS ii They met on an island in the Rhone and the war riors of both camps were ranged on either shore spec tators of the battle At the…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 34 of Legends of Charlemagne; 8 LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE of all this Presently they saw the two late antago nists standing hand in hand and it was evident the battle was at an end The knights crowded…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 35 of Legends of Charlemagne; THE PEERS OR PALADINS 9 France Orlandos fame excited a noble emulation in Rinaldo Eager to go in pursuit of glory he wan dered in the country near Paris and one day…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 36 of Legends of Charlemagne; 10 LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE To win this wonderful horse it was necessary to conquer him by force or skill for from the moment when he should be thrown down he would become…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 37 of Legends of Charlemagne; THE PEERS OR PALADINS 11 Rinaldo and Isolier now become friends proceeded together to the attack of the horse They found Bay ard and stood a long time concealed by the wood…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 38 of Legends of Charlemagne; 12 LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE had struck feebly for he did not know that the skin of that horse was so tough that the keenest sword could make no impression upon it Whistling…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 39 of Legends of Charlemagne; THE PEERS OR PALADINS 13 Bayards foot got caught between the branches of an oak Rinaldo seized it and putting forth all his strength and address threw him on the ground No…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
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Image 40 of Legends of Charlemagne; 14 LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE four served the king so faithfully that they rose to high favor with him The king gave them land in the mountains on the frontiers of France and…- Contributor: Bulfinch, Thomas
- Date: 1864
About this Item
Title
- Legends of Charlemagne;
Names
- Bulfinch, Thomas, 1796-1867.
Created / Published
- Boston, J. E. Tilton and company, 1864.
Headings
- - Charlemagne,--Emperor,--742-814--Romances--Adaptations
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- xx, 373 p. front., illus., plates. 20 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- PN687.C5 B8 1864
Library of Congress Control Number
- 36021721
Online Format
- online text
- image