Realism in “Chansons de Geste” – Magic & Myth in the Legends of “Charlemagne” & “Roland the Valiant” In my quest to paint a perfect image of medieval times for myself, I, with wide eyes, enter such chansons de geste, or “poems of courage,” as that of The Song of Roland ...
until their animals were replaced by cats, hares, and dogs in areas the wolf had been eradicated. A sermon at Strasbourg in 1508 proposed there were seven