HUON OF See also:

• BORDEAUX

BORDEAUX  , See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of See also:

• ROMANCE

romance . The See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French chanson de geste of Huon de See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux See also:

• DATES

dates from the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and marks the transition between the epic chanson founded on See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• HISTORY

history and the See also:

• ROMAN

roman d'aventures . Huon, son of Seguin of Bordeaux, kills Charlot, the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor's son, who had laid an See also:

• AMBUSH (older form, " embush," O. Fr. embusche, from the Ital. imboscata, in and bosco, a wood)

ambush for him, without being aware of the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of his assailant . He is condemned to be hanged by See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne, but reprieved on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that he visits the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of Gaudisse, the See also:

• AMIR, or AMEER (an Arabic word meaning " commander," from the root amr, " commanding ")

amir of See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon, and brings back a handful of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair from the amir's See also:

• BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
• BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard and four of his back See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, after having slain the greatest of his knights and three times kissed his daughter Esclarmonde . By the help of the See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf See also:

• OBERON (Fr. Alberon, Auberon, Ger. Alberich, i.e. rich, Goth. reiks, " ruler "—cf. Lat. rex—and O.H. and M.H. Ger. pl. elbi, elbe, " elves," pl. alp)

Oberon, Huon succeeds in this errand, in the course of which he meets with further adventures . The See also:

• CHARIOT (derived from an O. Fr. word, formed from char, a car)

Chariot of the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story has been identified by A . Longnon (Romania viii . 1-11) with See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles 1'Enfant, one of the sons of Charles the Bald and Irmintrude, who died in 866 in consequence of wounds inflicted by a certain Aubouin in precisely similar circumstances to those related in the romance . The epic See also:

• FATHER

father of Huon may safely be identified with Seguin, who was See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Bordeaux under See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis the Pious in 839, and diedfighting against the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans six years later . A See also:

• TURIN

Turin See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript of the romance contains a See also:

• PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

prologue in the shape of a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate romance of Auberon, and four sequels, the Chanson d'Esclarmonde, the Chanson de Clarisse et Florent, the Chanson d'Ide et d'See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

Olive and the Chanson de See also:

• GODIN, JEAN BAPTISTE ANDRE (1817–1888)

Godin . The same MS. contains in the romance of See also:

• LES

Les Lorrains a See also:

• SUMMARY

summary in seventeen lines of another version of the story, according to which Huon's See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile is due to his having slain a count in the emperor's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace . The poem exists in a later version in alexandrines, and, with its continuations, was put into See also:

• PROSE

prose in 1454 and printed by See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel le Noir in 1516, since when it has appeared in many forms, notably in a beautifully printed and illustrated See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation (1898) in See also:

• MODERN

modern French by Gaston See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris .

The romance had a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England through the See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation (c . 1540) of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BOURCHIER, ARTHUR (1864- )
• BOURCHIER, THOMAS (c. 1404-1486)

Bourchier, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• BERNERS, BARNES
• BERNERS, JOHN BOURCHIER, 2ND BARON (1469-1533)

Berners, as Huon of Burdeuxe . The See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale was dramatized and produced in Paris by the Confrerie de la See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

Passion in 1557, and in See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• HENSLOWE, PHILIP (d. 1616)

Henslowe's See also:

• DIARY

diary there is a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of a performance of a See also:

• PLAY

play, Hewen of Burdoche, on the 28th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1593 . For the See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune of the fairy See also:

• PART

part of the romance see OBERON . The Chanson de geste of Huon de Bordeaux was edited by MM F . Guessard and C . Grandmaison for the Anciens poetes de la See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 186o; Lord Berners's translation was edited for the E.E.T.S. by S . L . See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee in 1883-1885 . See also L . See also:

• GAUTIER
• GAUTIER, EMILE THEODORE LEON (1832-1897)
• GAUTIER, THEOPHILE (1811-1872)

Gautier, Les Epopees francaises (2nd ed. vol. iii. pp . 719-773) ; A .

See also:

• GRAF, ARTURO (1848– )
• GRAF, KARL HEINRICH (1815–1869)

Graf, I complementi della Chanson de Huon de Bordeaux (See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 1878) ; "Esclarmonde, &c.," by Max Schweigel, in Ausg. u . Abhandl.... der roman . Phil . (See also:

• MARBURG
• MARBURG, COLLOQUY OF (Marburger Religionsgesprach)

Marburg, 1889) ; C . Voretzsch, Epische Studien (vol. i., Halle, 1900) ; Hist. lilt. de la France (vol. See also:

• XXVI

xxvi., 1893) .