The Pilgrimage of Charlemagne (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- First Published: 1100
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Folklore
- Time of Work: c. 800
- Setting: Paris, Jerusalem, and Constantinople
- Genres: Poetry, Romance, medieval, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: France or French people, Paris, Kings, queens, or royalty, Heroes or heroism, Pilgrims or pilgrimages, Middle Ages, Middle East, Knights or knighthood, Jerusalem, Chivalry
- Locales: Paris, France, Jerusalem, Constantinople
Characters Discussed
Charlemagne (shahr-leh-MAHN- yeh), the king of the Franks and emperor of the West. When his wife declares that Hugo, the emperor of Greece, is the more handsome of the two kings, Charlemagne angrily sets forth, with his Twelve Peers, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. After the pilgrims sit in the chairs of Christ and His apostles in the great cathedral in Jerusalem and receive many relics from the Patriarch, they depart for Constantinople and are received as guests by the magnificent Hugo. In the bedchamber, the Franks drink their wine and each makes a boast...
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