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.]] For other uses see Paladin (disambiguation) . A paladin is one of the twelve legendary Chivalrous retainers of Charlemagne (the '''Twelve Peers''') in medieval '' Chansons De Geste '' and stories of Romance . They are thus loosely based on historical Frankish retainers of the 8th century and events such as the Battle Of Roncevaux Pass and the confrontation of the Frankish Empire with Umayyad Andalusia in the '' Marca Hispanica ''. The word is from the Latin word ''palatinus'' "palace official". The palace in question is the Carolingian court; compare the titles of " Mayor Of The Palace " and " Count Palatine ". The original Middle French form is ''palaisin''. The English ''paladin'' was loaned into Early Modern English from the Italian form, ''paladino'', because late medieval treatments of the " Matter Of France " were mostly by Italian authors such as Ariosto and Tasso . The names of the twelve paladins vary from romance to romance, and often more than twelve paladins are named. All stories feature paladins by the names of Roland and Oliver. Other reoccuring characters are Archbishop Turpin , Ogier The Dane , Huon Of Bordeaux , Fierabras , Renaud De Montauban , and Ganelon . Tales of the paladins of Charlemagne once rivalled the stories of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table in popularity. Ariosto and Tasso, whose works were once as widely read and respected as Shakespeare 's, contributed most prominently to the literary/poetical reworking of the tales of the epic deeds of the paladins. The twelve paladins of Charlemagne are listed in the Old French '' Chanson De Roland '' as follows:
The italian Ariosto and Tasso listed the paladins quite differently:
The Celtic Revival of the 1880s benefitted the Arthurian material and encouraged its reworking and recirculation. No such aura of latter-day romance could assist the Charlemagne material, which remained strongly Christian and triumphalist in its presentation (in contrast to the melancholy of the ultimate failure of the Arthurian heroes, and their ambiguous position at the transition from Celtic Paganism to Christianity). As a result, contemporary readers know Arthur and his Camelot well while hearing little of the paladins of Charlemagne, who once enjoyed equal renown. There is also a howitzer in several N.A.T.O. countries that has been named the M109A6 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer. It is a mobile howitzer that represents a large tank. SEE ALSO |
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