- In The Song of Roland,
Baligant is the Emir of
Babylon (i.e., Cairo, not the
Mesopotamian Babylon), who
brings an
immense army to aid his v****al King Marsile...
- Old French: Preciuse) is the
sword of
Baligant, the
Saracen king in the
French epic The Song of Roland.
Baligant allegedly named his
sword in response...
- Lorant,
Frankish commander of one of the
first divisions against Baligant;
killed by
Baligant. Milon,
guards the
Frankish dead
while Charlemagne pursues the...
-
inspired an
episode in the
Chanson de
Roland in
which the
amirant of Babylon,
Baligant,
fights Charlemagne and is
defeated only
through the aid of
Saint Gabriel...
- Charlemagne; to
thank him,
Charlemagne granted him an
appanage named Joyeuse.
Baligant, a
general of the
Saracens in The Song of Roland,
named his
sword Précieuse...
-
divisions of Charlemagne's army and parti****tes in the
battle against Baligant. In Le Pèlerinage de
Charlemagne he is
included among the
Twelve Peers...
- like
several other names ending in -ant from the
Matter of
France (e.g.
Baligant and Morgant), is an "occitanization" of a
vulgar Latin present participle...
-
Bound to his bed with his injuries, he
summons help from
Baligant (189),
places Spain in
Baligant's care (202), and
later dies of his wounds, his army having...
- Its "gold pommel" held some kind of a "holy relic". Précieuse,
sword of
Baligant, Emir of Babylon. Sauvagine,
second of the two
magical swords of Ogier...
-
Gloriant (var. Quinquenant),
brother of
Marsile and cousin(relative) of
Baligant and ([lacuna] fiancée of) Gloriande,
daughter of the amiral.
Karaheut is...
