[DOC] [TLE] Chanson de geste - Wikipedia [PAR] The chanson de geste, Old French for "song of heroic deeds is a medieval 
narrative, a type of epic poem that appears at the dawn of French literature. The 
earliest known poems of this genre date from the late eleventh and early twelfth 
centuries, before the emergence .... The traditional subject matter of the chansons 
de geste became known as... [DOC] [TLE] jeopardy/1214_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub [PAR] Value: $1000. Number: 16. KNIGHTS | In the 12th C. these French minstrels 
began composing songs about knights called chansons de geste | Troubadours. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about MIDDLE AGES - StudyStack [PAR] IN ABOUT 1119 IN JERUSALEM, KNIGHTS HUGH DE PAYENS AND GODFREY 
OF ST. .... IN THE 12TH-C. THESE FRENCH MINSTRELS BEGAN COMPOSING 
SONGS ABOUT KNIGHTS CALLED CHANSONS DE GESTE, TROUBADOURS. [DOC] [TLE] Chanson de Geste - Revolvy [PAR] The chanson de geste , Old French for "song of heroic deeds" (from gesta: Latin: 
... Composed in verse, these narrative poems of moderate length (averaging 
4000 lines ) ... the medieval romances were probably spoken) by poets, minstrels 
or jongleurs, ... dealing with a fictional expedition by Charlemagne and his 
knights (c. [DOC] [TLE] Chansons de geste - Topics [PAR] The chanson de geste , Old French for "song of heroic deeds" (from gesta: Latin: 
... Composed in verse, these narrative poems of moderate length (averaging 
4000 lines ) ... century: only three chansons de geste have a composition that 
incontestably ... that is, King Arthur and his knights; and with the so-called Matter 
of Rome,... [DOC] [TLE] Medieval Minstrels - Medieval Life and Times [PAR] Get Medieval facts, information and history about Medieval Minstrels. ... facts and 
information about music, composers and musicians in the Middle Ages ... long 
poems based on myths and legends which were called 'chansons de geste'. The 
themes of the songs sung by the Troubadours also dealt with chivalry and courtly
... [DOC] [TLE] Chansons de Geste and the Homeric Problem - JStor [PAR] first called to the attention of scholars the problem as to the ... French epic poems, 
known generally as "chansons de geste," ... manuscripts of these poems began 
to be noticed, their similarity .... twelfth century, the latest before the middle of the 
fourteen ...... taken by the minstrel,44 the aoLS0 , and by the allusions to songs. [DOC] [TLE] THE SONG OF ROLAND [PAR] Before the Duke began to sing. Of Roland, of great ... and how a certain minstrel, 
Taillefer, sang a song of Roland ... earliest and finest chanson de geste was 
charged. ... to French many words that speak of the particular character ... These 
are the so-called 'silent ..... By the beginning of the twelfth century France was 
finding. [DOC] [TLE] What is the sound of medieval song? - Sequentia [PAR] the songs of Adam and Eve, whether spontaneously generated or taught to them 
by .... as sets of 100 years: the 13th century is 'medieval', but so is the 12th 
century, .... One of these myths holds that the music most commonly called '
Western', ..... of sung story which had its roots in French oral tradition, the 
chanson de geste. [DOC] [TLE] chanson de geste | Old French epic | Britannica.com [PAR] Chanson de geste, ( French: song of deeds) any of the Old French epic poems 
... of lines long, have survived in manuscripts dating from the 12th to the 15th 
century. ... afterlife in folk ballads of the Brazilian backlands, called literatura de la 
corda ... homonym, Charlemagne is surrounded by a company of 24 knightsi.e.
,... [DOC] [TLE] French Literature - Encyclopedia - Theodora [PAR] But there is no doubt that by the end at least of the i ith century the French 
language, as a ... The next probably in date and the first in literary merit is a short 
song .... Chansons De Geste] When this point had been reached, Huon began to 
be turned .... The Arthurian knight is

Question: In the 12th C. these French minstrels began composing songs about knights called chansons de geste
Answer: Troubadours