chivalric romances
41Ferragus — may refer to:* Ferragus, a giant of Portugal in the Old French medieval prose romance Valentine et Orson . [Micha F. Lindemans, Encyclopedia Mythica, [http://www.pantheon.org/articles/f/ferragus.html] ] [Webster s Online Dictionary, source:… …
42Bayard — /bay euhrd/, n. 1. a magical legendary horse in medieval chivalric romances. 2. a mock heroic name for any horse. 3. (l.c.) Archaic. a bay horse. [1275 1325; ME < MF; see BAY5, ARD] /bay euhrd/; for 1 also Fr. /bann yannrdd /, n. 1. Pierre… …
43biography — /buy og reuh fee, bee /, n., pl. biographies. 1. a written account of another person s life: the biography of Byron by Marchand. 2. an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc. 3. such writings collectively.… …
44Cervantes (Saavedra), Miguel de — born Sept. 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain died April 22, 1616, Madrid Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the most celebrated figure in Spanish literature. After studying in Madrid, Cervantes joined the Italian infantry, fought the Turks …
45Haakon V Magnusson — ▪ king of Norway byname Haakon Magnusson the Elder, Norwegian Håkon Magnusson den Eldre born 1270, Norway died May 8, 1319, Norway king of Norway (1299–1319) whose anti English foreign policy paved the way for the commercial domination… …
46Hartmann — m German: from an old Germanic personal name composed of the elements hard hardy, brave, strong + man man. The Blessed Hartmann (d. 1164) enjoyed a cult in Austria. Hartmann von Aue (c.1170–c.1220) was an influential writer of chivalric romances …
47Cursor Mundi — (ca. 1300) The Cursor Mundi sets out to “run round the world” by paraphrasing the historical material of the Bible in combination with other legendary and religious material to produce a history of the world from Creation to the final judgment …
48Pridham — Recorded in several spelling forms including Pridham, Priddam, Prudhom and Prudham, this interesting surname is English. However its origination is probably not locational from Pridhamsleigh in the county of Devon as it seems, but is almost… …
49Prudham — Recorded in several spelling forms including Pridham, Priddam, Prudhom and Prudham, this interesting surname is English. However its origination is probably not locational from Pridhamsleigh in the county of Devon as it seems, but is almost… …
50Caxton, William — (c. 1421–1491) Commencing operations after EDWARD IV had seemingly ended the WARS OF THE ROSES, cloth merchant William Caxton introduced printing to England in 1477. With the patronage of courtiers and members of the royal houses of YORK and… …
