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GIRART DE See also:ROUSSILLON , an epic figure of the Carolingian See also:cycle of See also:romance. In the See also:genealogy of romance he is a son of Doon de Mayence, and he appears in different and irreconcilable
circumstances in many of the chansons de geste. The See also:legend of Girart de Roussillon is contained in a Vita Girardi de Roussillon (ed. P. See also:Meyer, in Romania, 1878), dating from the beginning of the 12th See also:century and written probably by a See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
monk of the See also:abbey of Pothieres or of Vezelai, both of which were founded in 86o by Girart; in Girart de Roussillon, a chanson de geste written See also:early in the 12th century in a See also:dialect midway between See also:French and Provencal, and apparently based on an earlier Burgundian poem; in a 14th century romance in alexandrines (ed. T. J. A. P. See also:Mignard, See also:Paris and See also:Dijon, 1878); and in a See also:prose romance by Jehan Wauquelin in 1447 (ed. L. de Montille, Paris, 188o). The See also:historical See also:Girard, son of Leuthard and Grimildis, was a Burgundian See also:chief who was See also:count of Paris in 837, and embraced the cause of See also:Lothair against See also:Charles the Bald. He fought at Fontenay in 841, and doubtless followed Lothair to See also:Aix. In 855 he became See also:governor of See also:Provence for Lothair's son Charles, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Provence (d. 863). His wife Bertha defended See also:Vienne unsuccessfully against Charles the Bald in 87o, and Girard, who had perhaps aspired to be the titular ruler of the See also:northern See also:part of Provence, which he had continued to administer under Lothair II. until that See also:prince's See also:death in 869, retired with his wife to See also:Avignon, where he died probably in 877, certainly before 879. The tradition of his piety, of the heroism of his wife Bertha, and of his See also:wars with Charles passed into romance; but the historical facts are so distorted that in Girart de Roussillon the See also:trouvere makes him the opponent of Charles Martel, to whom he stands in the relation of See also:brother-in-See also:law. He is nowhere described in See also:authentic historic See also:sources as of Roussillon. The See also:title is derived from his See also:castle built on See also:Mount Lassois, near Cha.tillon-sur-See also:Seine. See also:Southern traditions concerning Count Girart, in which he is made the son of Garin de Monglane, are embodied in Girart de Viane (13th century) by See also:Bertrand de See also:Bar-sur-l'See also:Aube, and in the Aspramonte of See also:Andrea da Barberino, based on the French chanson of Aspremont , where he figures as Girart de Frete or 'de Fratte.' Girart de Viane is the See also:recital of a See also:siege of Vienne by See also:Charlemagne, and in Aspramonte Girart de Fratte leads an See also:army of infidels against Charlemagne. Girart de Roussillon was See also:long held to be of Provencal origin, and to be a See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof of the existence of an See also:independent Provencal epic, but its Burgundian origin may be taken as proved.
See F. See also:Michel, See also:Gerard de Rossillon . . . publie en See also:francais et en provencal d'apres See also:les See also:MSS. de Paris et de Londres (Paris, 1856); P. Meyer, Girart de Roussillon (1884), a See also:translation in See also:modern French with a comprehensive introduction. For Girart de Viane (ed. P. Tarb*, See also:Reims, 185o) see L. See also:Gautier, Epopees francaises, vol. iv.; F. A. Wulff, See also:Notice sur les sagas de Magus et de Geirard (See also:Lund, 1874).
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