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II: The Origin of “De Roussillon”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

Jean Misrahi
Jean Misrahi*
Affiliation:
Brooklyn College
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Extract

Though since the beginning of the twelfth century scholars have been wondering why Girard de Roussillon was so called, few and unsatisfactory answers have been found to that question. The redoubtable Girard, called in legend de Roussillon, has nothing to do, in history or in legend, with the province of France called Roussillon. The action of the chanson de geste which bears his name never takes place in that province, nor is he ever called its lord. Why, then, is he called de Roussillon?

Type
Research Article
Information
PMLA , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , March 1936 , pp. 8 - 12
Copyright
Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1936

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References

1 Romania, lii, 262.

2 Légendes Epiques, ii, 16.

3 Romania, lii, 264–265, 281.

4 On Page 144 of Guessard's edition.

5 E. S. Murrell, “Girart de Roussillon” and the “Tristan” Poems, p. 141.

6 Table des Noms Propres Compris dans les Chansons de Geste, p. 284.

7 Ed. Raynaud, Société des Anciens Textes Français, v, 168.

8 Medium Aevum, iv, 10.

9 Paul Meyer, Girart de Roussillon, p. 21.

10 Francisque-Michel, Gérard de Rossillon, p. 5.

11 Romanische Studien, vi.