Taillefer

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Taillefer ( Latin : Incisor ferri , in German Eisenhauer; † October 14, 1066 ) was the surname of a Norman Ménestrels ( bards ), whose exact name and place of birth are unknown. Occasionally the first name is given with Ivo .

During the Norman invasion of England in 1066 moved Taillefer in the wake of the Norman Duke William the Bastard to England . Just before the Battle of Hastings began , he recited the Roland song while juggling his sword or spear in front of the Norman troops. Then an Anglo-Saxon soldier stepped out of the shield wall and challenged him to fight. Taillefer killed the soldier, whereupon he initiated the attack moment in which the Normans attacked the Anglo-Saxons. Taillefer fell during the battle. Oddly enough, Taillefer was not depicted or mentioned on the Bayeux Tapestry. Probably because he was of lower class.

Wace , a Norman poet, mentions Taillefer in his Verschronik Roman de Rou on lines 8013-8019.

Taillefer is also mentioned by Geoffrey Gaimar, Heinrich von Huntingdon , Wilhelm von Malmesbury and in the Carmen de Hastingae Proelio , although there are different statements, but they also have similarities. For example, there is only talk of juggling swords or just performing the Roland song.

The German poet Ludwig Uhland designed the story of Taillefer into a ballad in 1816, which the German composer Richard Strauss set to music as a cantata in 1903.

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  1. ↑ See also: Companion of Wilhelm the Conqueror
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.autoren-gedichte.de
  3. ↑ http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Strauss_R/Ballade/TrV_207/index.html
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SURNAME Taillefer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taillefer, Ivo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION norman bard
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century or 11th century
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1066