Respond to Questions 1 and 2 on the handhout. Fully explain what you found in your research. Comment to this post (only one post per group is needed, be sure to put both your names at the end.)
1. Chanson de gestes are epic French poems creating Charlemagne legends. There are more than 80, most of them being 1000 lines long. They contain historical truths and legends.
2. A hauberk is a long defensive shirt extending to the knees, worn in combat around 1250-1300. Lances were long wooden shafts with a pointed medal head. Lances were used as a weapon by knights and calvary. Gonfaulons were banners suspended from a crosswalk.
1. A chanson de geste was composed in lines of 10 or 12 syllables, grouped into irregular rhyming stanzas called laisses. Earlier poems had more assonance than rhyme. The length of the poems ranged from about 1,500 to 18,000 lines.
2. Hauberk: A piece of armor originally covering only the neck and shoulders but later consisting of a full-length coat of mail or military tunic. Lance: A long weapon for thrusting, used by a horseman in charging. Gonfalon: A banner or pennant, esp. one with streamers, hung from a crossbar. A medieval French knight probably wore a shirt with a hauberk, armor, and was mounted on a horse while carrying a lance or possibly a gonfalon.
1.Chansons de geste was composed of irregular stanzas that were in lines of 10 or 12 syllables. The poems' lengths were 1,500 to more than 18,000 lines long. The start of these poems was in the struggle of Christian France against the Muslim enemy.
2. A hauberk is long protective shirt made from mail and extended to the knees. Lances were long wodden shafts with a pointed metal head. They were used for defense by knights. Gonfaulons were banners with streamers and tails. The knights in thhe "The Song of Roland" wore hauberks and helmets, had shields and lances that were dressed in gold gonfalons. Information by:http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9022448?query=chanson%20de%20geste&ct=null Caroline Skidmore and Morgan Overcast
1.Chansons de geste were a type of French epic, meaning "song of deeds." They were composed of ten to twelve syllable irregular stanzas. Most of them are thousands of lines long, and deal with events from the 8th and 9th centuries, despite being written between the 12th and 15th centuries. 2.A hauberk was a type of defensive tunic, the use of which died out in the 14th century. They extended to the mid-thigh or knees and included sleeves. Lances were a type of weapon, similar to spears in their construction, designed for use in combat by mounted knights. The shaft was often made of ash wood and the tip was iron or steel. A gonfalon was a type of banner, which often had streamers and was hung from a crossbar.
1. Chanson de gestes are epic French poems creating Charlemagne legends. There are more than 80, most of them being 1000 lines long. They contain historical truths and legends.
ReplyDelete2. A hauberk is a long defensive shirt extending to the knees, worn in combat around 1250-1300. Lances were long wooden shafts with a pointed medal head. Lances were used as a weapon by knights and calvary. Gonfaulons were banners suspended from a crosswalk.
Lindsay Eaton & Taylor Damkoehler.
French soliders wore hauberks and carried around lances. Some carried around gonfaulons.
ReplyDelete1. A chanson de geste was composed in lines of 10 or 12 syllables, grouped into irregular rhyming stanzas called laisses. Earlier poems had more assonance than rhyme. The length of the poems ranged from about 1,500 to 18,000 lines.
ReplyDelete2. Hauberk: A piece of armor originally covering only the neck and shoulders but later consisting of a full-length coat of mail or military tunic. Lance:
A long weapon for thrusting, used by a horseman in charging. Gonfalon: A banner or pennant, esp. one with streamers, hung from a crossbar. A medieval French knight probably wore a shirt with a hauberk, armor, and was mounted on a horse while carrying a lance or possibly a gonfalon.
Preston and Max
1.Chansons de geste was composed of irregular stanzas that were in lines of 10 or 12 syllables. The poems' lengths were 1,500 to more than 18,000 lines long. The start of these poems was in the struggle of Christian France against the Muslim enemy.
ReplyDelete2. A hauberk is long protective shirt made from mail and extended to the knees. Lances were long wodden shafts with a pointed metal head. They were used for defense by knights. Gonfaulons were banners with streamers and tails. The knights in thhe "The Song of Roland" wore hauberks and helmets, had shields and lances that were dressed in gold gonfalons.
Information by:http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9022448?query=chanson%20de%20geste&ct=null
Caroline Skidmore and Morgan Overcast
http://historymedren.about.com/od/generalliterature1/p/chansons.htm
ReplyDeletePreston and Max
Google Definintions for hauberk,lance, etc defs
1.Chansons de geste were a type of French epic, meaning "song of deeds." They were composed of ten to twelve syllable irregular stanzas. Most of them are thousands of lines long, and deal with events from the 8th and 9th centuries, despite being written between the 12th and 15th centuries.
ReplyDelete2.A hauberk was a type of defensive tunic, the use of which died out in the 14th century. They extended to the mid-thigh or knees and included sleeves. Lances were a type of weapon, similar to spears in their construction, designed for use in combat by mounted knights. The shaft was often made of ash wood and the tip was iron or steel. A gonfalon was a type of banner, which often had streamers and was hung from a crossbar.