Aspremont
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Aspremont
Late 12th-c. chanson de geste celebrating the youthful exploits of Roland prior to Rencesvals. The large number of surviving Anglo-Norman manuscripts suggests that it was particularly popular in England. The poem ends with warnings of the rebellion against Charlemagne by Girart de Fraite, a figure related to (and perhaps identical with) Girart de Vienne and Girart de Roussillon.
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