Turoldus, or Turold, is the name traditionally given to the author of the 11th-century French poem the Song of Roland. Efforts to make a convincing further identification of the identity of Turoldus have failed. The Latin form Turoldus is equivalent to the personal name Thorold. [1]

Turold may refer to Walter Sans Avoir, Taillefer, and Walter III of the Vexin, the father of Walter Tirel depicted as a dwarf due to his descent from the Nibelungids, the old Counts of Autun. These Counts often served as Dukes of Burgundy, Aquitaine, and Provence in Carolingian times and may have inspired the chanson.

Turold est l'auteur supposé de la Chanson de Roland et le nom d'un personnage nain qui apparaît sur la tapisserie de Bayeux. Le nom Turold figure au dernier vers de la plus ancienne rédaction de la Chanson de Roland (version en anglo-normand figurant dans le manuscrit d’ Oxford, copié vers 1090) : « Ci fait la geste que Turold décliner ».

La Chanson de Roland, Old French epic poem that is probably the earliest (c. 1100) chanson de geste and is considered the masterpiece of the genre. The poem’s probable author was a Norman poet, Turold, whose name is introduced in its last line. The poem takes the historical Battle of Roncesvalles (Roncevaux) in 778 as its subject.

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As the Salisbury oath indicates, men like Turold, Wadard and Vitalis mattered under the new Norman regime, and both king and magnates needed their support.

La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland), likely written around 1100 by the anonymous poet “Turold” recounts Charlemagne's retreat from Spain and the Basque ambush that decimated his rearguard.

After his vassals screw things up yet again, Charlemagne tramples infidels as an instrument of God. You could write an excellent freshman English paper about how proud Roland and his …

Turold est l'auteur supposé de la Chanson de Roland et le nom d'un personnage nain qui apparaît sur la Tapisserie de Bayeux. Turoldus est un prénom qui figure au dernier vers de la plus ancienne rédaction de la Chanson de Roland (manuscrit d’Oxford), composé en langue anglo-normande vers 1090 : « Ci falt la geste que Turoldus declinet ».

Turold – ou Turoldus en latin – serait l’auteur de la chanson de geste la plus connue, la Chanson de Roland, qui date du XIIe siècle. Étant donné le peu d’informations qui subsistent à son sujet, les chercheurs médiévistes en sont réduits à des suppositions en …