Le couronnement de louis [French]

By Ernest Langlois

"Le Couronnement de Louis" est une chanson de geste monumentale du XIIe si cle, joyau de la litt rature m di vale fran aise appartenant au cycle de Guillaume d'Orange. Ce po me pique relate les v nements entourant le couronnement de Louis le Pieux, fils de Charlemagne, Aix-la-Chapelle. L' "uvre met en lumi re la figure h ro que de Guillaume d'Orange, dont la loyaut in branlable envers la couronne constitue le pivot du r cit. Face aux complots des tra (R)tres et aux menaces des envahisseurs, Guillaume se dresse comme le protecteur n cessaire d'un jeune souverain encore fragile.

travers des descriptions de combats piques et des joutes verbales intenses, le texte explore les th mes fondamentaux de la l gitimit royale, du devoir f odal et de la pi t chr tienne. T moignage pr cieux de l'imaginaire m di val, "Le Couronnement de Louis" illustre l'id al chevaleresque o la force physique est mise au service de la justice et du droit divin. Cette "uvre demeure une lecture essentielle pour quiconque s'int resse aux racines de la culture fran aise et l' volution des r cits piques europ ens. La rigueur de cette pr sentation permet de red couvrir la richesse linguistique et narrative d'une poque fondatrice.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1025361105
• ISBN13: 9781025361109
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Tradd Street Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"