RONCESVALLES

rōnˌthāsväˈlyās, Fr. Roncevaux, mountain pass (alt. 3,468 ft/1,057 m), in the Pyrenees, between Pamplona (Spain) and Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (France). Tradition has made it the scene of the death of the hero Roland.

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books on: Roncesvalles  - 334 results

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The Song of Roland
Book by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff; University of Michigan Press, 1959
Subjects: Epic Poetry, French--Translations Into English, Knights And Knighthood--Poetry, Poetry, Roland (Legendary Character)--Romances, Roncesvalles, Battle Of, 778--Poetry
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A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Book by Muriel Bowden; Macmillan, 1948
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey--D. 1400--Canterbury Tales--Prologue, Christian Pilgrims And Pilgrimages In Literature, Fiction
...to some of his audience. The name "Roncesvalles" is commonly known as the place of...Chapel of Saint Mary Roncevall , 41 that Roncesvalles had become famous long before the Song...House was established in the village of Roncesvalles, which lay at the southern end of...
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Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials
Book by Susan J. Wolfson, Felicia Hemans; Princeton University Press, 2000
Subjects: Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne--1793-1835--Appreciation, Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne--1793-1835--Correspondence, Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne--1793-1835--Criticism And Interpretation, Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence
...mountain-winds go sounding by, In the Roncesvalles' Strait. 9 In the gloomy Roncesvalles' Strait There are helms and lances cleft...where the swords flash'd high, In the Roncesvalles' Strait? In the gloomy Roncesvalles...
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Southern France
Book by Findlay Muirhead, Marcel Monmarché; Macmillan, 1926
Subjects: France--Guidebooks
...at the foot of the port or pass of Roncesvalles, was founded by Garcia IV of Navarre...14th cent. choir. FROM ST-JEAN TO RONCESVALLES, 18 m. 29 km.; motor omnibus service...the summit at 161/2 m. the Pass of Roncesvalles or Puerto de Ibaneta 3468 ft...
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Mysterious Realms: Functions of Imagery in Traditional Spanish Lyric and Balladry
Book by Elizabeth Boretz; Juan De La Cuesta, 1998
Subjects: Ballads, Spanish--History And Criticism, Imagery (Psychology) In Literature, Romances, Spanish--History And Criticism
...Even in the " Romance de la batalla de Roncesvalles ," the pear-tree image suggests...soldiers. The pear-tree passage in " Roncesvalles " does not pose quite as marked a shift...discussed in this chapter. However, in " Roncesvalles ," the lines " assi derriba cabecas...
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journal articles on: Roncesvalles  - 18 results

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Don Quijote's Barcelona: Echoes of Hercules' Non Plus Ultra
Journal article by Frederick A. De Armas; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 29, 2009
...Discussing how Bernardo del Carpio had defeated Roland at Roncesvalles, Don Quijote explains that he did so "valiendose de la...arma alguna; y asi cuando Bernardo del Carpio le mato en Roncesvalles, viendo que no le podia llagar con fierro, le levanto del...
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C.J. Brennan's A Chant of Doom: Australia's Medieval War
Journal article by Andrew Lynch; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 23, 2007
Subjects: A Chant of Doom (Poetry collection)--Criticism and interpretation, Brennan, Christopher John--Criticism and interpretation, Brennan, Christopher John--Works, War poetry--Criticism and interpretation
...War, and True Romance all feature: And Roland rode from Roncesvalles to greet the Anzacs there. Medieval reference not only invoked...civilization versus barbarism; Muslim-slayers from Roland at Roncesvalles to Lord Byron at Missolonghi become fellow diggers. An epigraph...
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"But Bryant? What of Bryant in Bryan?": The Religious Implications of the Allusion to "A Forest Hymn" in the Sun Also Rises
Journal article by C. Harold Hurley; The Hemingway Review, Vol. 20, 2001
Subjects: A Forest Hymn (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Authors--20th century, Bryan, William Jennings--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Bryant, William Cullen--Influence, Hemingway, Ernest--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Spirituality--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Sun Also Rises (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...subsequent affirmation of Harriss statement that the monastery at Roncesvalles, though "a remarkable place ... isnt the same as fishing...of his friends disparaging comments about the monastery at Roncesvalles subtly contrasts his religiosity with Bill and Harriss irreligiosity...
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Bearing the Grail
Journal article by Donald L. Hoffman; Arthuriana, Vol. 18, 2008
Subjects: Feminism, Folklore, Legorio, Valerie, Metropolitan Opera-New York City NY, Narratives, Opera, Wagner, Richard (1813-83)
...but the world of the chanson de geste, a turn to the Heroic Age not at all unusual for Wagner. Thus, somewhere between Roncesvalles and the Reconquista, Wagners Montsalvat is on the front lines of the battle between East and West. The form of that battle...
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Influencia Del Vascuence En Los Cambios Fonológicos Del Castellano
Journal article by Mary Carmen Iribarren-Argaiz; Romance Quarterly, Vol. 45, 1998
Subjects: Romance Philology
...manifiesta su encono contra los "impii Navarri" dejando al hacerlo un testimonio sobre la lengua que hablan "Post hanc uallem Roncesvalles inuenitur tellus Nauarrorum. . . . Nauarri et Bascli unius similitudinis et qualitatis, in cibis scilicet et uestibus et...
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magazine articles on: Roncesvalles  - 12 results

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The Road to Santiago: Ted Lamb Follows a Centuries-Old Path through the Pyrenees on a Pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostela in Northwestern Spain
Magazine article by Ted Lamb; Geographical, Vol. 77, January 2005
Subjects: Spain--Description and travel
...metres and an equally steep descent to Roncesvalles, where the ambushed Roland perished...dormitory in the monastery buildings at Roncesvalles with a group of about 30 pilgrims...evenings resting place. Both St Jean and Roncesvalles are in Basque country; pasture and...
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Roland Redivivus
Magazine article by David B. Hart; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, February 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Orlando Innamorata (Book)--Book reviews
...the Eastern Pyrenees, at Roncevaux (Roncesvalles). Behind that story, it seems...If nothing else, the ambuscade at Roncesvalles--traditionally dated August 15...and though Pulci retells the story of Roncesvalles, none of these poems is tragic in...
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The Shock of the New
Magazine article by Rupert Willoughby; History Today, Vol. 49, August 1999
Subjects: Crusades--First, 1096-1099, Middle Ages--History
...instrument. Admittedly, it was not guaranteed to prevail against overwhelming numbers, as Roland in the poem discovers at Roncesvalles; but when correctly and favourably deployed it made the Franks all but invincible. So the Crusaders appeared to their enemies...
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Holy Year in Santiago
Magazine article by Colin Webb; History Today, Vol. 49, March 1999
Subjects: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Spain, Holy Year--Spain
...year of the second millennium on the Camino frances, the 450-mile final section in Spain that starts in the Pyrenees at Roncesvalles and ends at Santiago de Compostela. Conservation and restoration of many monuments along the route, both secular and religious...
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The Kalevala Yet Again
Magazine article by George C. Schoolfield; Scandinavian Review, Vol. 87, Autumn 1999
Subjects: Finland, History, Lonnrot, Elias (1802-84), Poetry
...for marriage counseling with Kriemhild of the Nibelungenlied, fixated on serial revenge, the mortally stubborn Roland at Roncesvalles, the stern Cid, punishing his wretched sons-in-law, or with Cu Chulainn who, in the words of a recent historian of...
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newspaper articles on: Roncesvalles  - 41 results

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Progress Pilgrim's
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 11, 2011
...descended through forest and meadows to Roncesvalles without further incident. A major...loving pilgrim, the splendid Hotel Roncesvalles-Casa de Beneficiados, with doubles...long trek to Santiago. On leaving Roncesvalles, a road sign announces that there...
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Basque in Glory; PPEETTEERR WWOOOODDMMAANN FFIINNDDSS FFOOOODD,, FFUUNN AANNDD SSTTUUNNNNIINNGG SSCCEE NNEERRYY IINN NNOORRTTHHEERRNN SSPPAAIINN
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), December 11, 2010
...to the foothills of the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles. It was here French hero Roland breathed...the legend, pouring over the pass at Roncesvalles and carrying on all the way to Santiago...Compostella on the far side of Spain. At Roncesvalles we visited the old monastery set amid...
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Tapasandculture inNorthernSpain; Wtravel: There''sawealthof History-Andexcellent Food-Amidthe Stunningsceneryof northernSpain,Peter Woodmandiscovers
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 29, 2010
...centuries. Next day, we drove through the countryside to the foothills of the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles - a place steeped in legend. At Roncesvalles, we visited the old monastery set amid imposing mountains. Taking a different route back...
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Malay: Histourism in Hongkong
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 21, 2010
...Moquete, Lorna Morales, Amie Oncala, Lize Paje, Lorenzo Prende, Lydia Ponce, Maricel Prudente, Babylin Ramos, Carina Roncesvalles, Ronalyn Sagun, Purita Selda, Julie Tabang, Junny Tang, Rose Taotao, Viola Ton, Marilyn Villasfer, Delia Yu, among...
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City Fund Manager Dies of Exposure on Pyrenees Hike
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 10, 2007
Subjects: Portfolio management
...Phillips left the French village of St Jean Pied de Port last Tuesday morning to cross into Spain and climb towards the town of Roncesvalles some 16 miles away, one of the hardest days walks. Marie Sol Zoicoa, manager of a pilgrims refuge on the 4,800ft Mount...
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encyclopedia articles on: Roncesvalles  - 7 results

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Roncesvalles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RONCESVALLES ron thasva lyas, Fr. Roncevaux, mountain pass (alt. 3,468 ft/1,057 m), in the Pyrenees, between Pamplona (Spain...
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Pyrenees
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and by innumerable medieval pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela . The Col de Perthus, used by the Romans, and Roncesvalles , famous for the Roland legend, are the best known. Economy The Pyrenees are rich in timber and in pastures, and the many...
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Taillefer
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...medieval chronicles and evidence in the Bayeux Tapestry, he led the Norman army at Hastings into battle, singing of Roland at Roncesvalles; he was killed in the conflict. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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Roland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Legend makes Roland one of Charlemagnes 12 peers and his nephew, changes the Basques into Saracens, and locates the pass at Roncesvalles. The poem is marked by its unified conception, its vivid and direct narrative, and its predominantly warlike spirit...
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Basques
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...In 778 the Basques, who had just been reduced to nominal vassalage by Charlemagne, destroyed the Frankish rear guard at Roncesvalles, but they subsequently recognized Louis the Pious, king of Aquitaine, as their suzerain. The duchy of Gascony continued...
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