Chanson de Geste
Marianne Ailes|Jade Bailey
The chanson de geste , old French epic narrative poems, was the most significant medium of transmission matière France between eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Only a few texts became fully appropriated into Middle English popular culture through translation romance: narratives Fierabras Otinel, Chanson Roland traditions, with same also being translated Irish ( Pseudo‐Turpin Chronicle ) Welsh Otinel ). There is, however, evidence that chansons – particularly legendary feats conquests emperor Charlemagne were widely read in French‐language by Insular readers. In as well Continental context genre had strong political engagement.
The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain