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  2. Saracen - Wikipedia

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    Saracen was a term used both in Greek and Latin writings between the 5th and 15th centuries to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. The term's meaning evolved during its history of usage. During the Early Middle Ages, the term came to be associated with the tribes of Arabia. The oldest known source mentioning ...

  3. Palamedes (Arthurian legend) - Wikipedia

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    Palamedes' arms [1] Palamedes / p æ l ə ˈ m iː d iː z / (also called Palomides / p æ l ə ˈ m aɪ d iː z /, or some other variant such as the French Palamède; known as li Sarradins that is "the Saracen") is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend.

  4. The Saracen - Wikipedia

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    The Saracen is a two-part novel written by Robert Shea.The continuous tale has two separate portions: The Land of the Infidel and The Holy War. Basically ignored during its publication and then out of print although still enjoying strong reviews and a cult following by those who have read it, the novel is the portrayal of an English-born man, David, who is captured as a very young child and ...

  5. Armida - Wikipedia

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    She gives in at this and like the other Saracen woman, Clorinda, earlier in the piece, becomes a Christian and his "handmaid". Many painters and composers were inspired by Tasso's tale. The works that resulted often added or subtracted an element; Tasso himself continued to edit the story for years.

  6. The History of the Saracens - Wikipedia

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    The History of the Saracen Empires is a book written by Simon Ockley of Cambridge University and first published in the early 18th century. [3] The book has been reprinted many times, including at London in 1894. [4] It was published in two volumes that appeared a decade apart.

  7. Robin of Sherwood - Wikipedia

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    It featured a realistic period setting and introduced the character of a Saracen outlaw. Carpenter also added fantasy elements to the story, which had not appeared in previous TV versions of the legend. These included Robin's supernatural mentor Herne the Hunter, Robin's magic sword Albion, and appearances by black magicians and demons. [5] [8]

  8. Aucassin and Nicolette - Wikipedia

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    The story begins [2] with a song which serves as prologue; and then prose takes up the narrative. It recounts the tale of Aucassin, son of Count Garin of Beaucaire, who so loved Nicolette, a Saracen maiden, who had been sold to the Viscount of Beaucaire, baptized and adopted by him, that he had forsaken knighthood and chivalry and even refused to defend his father's territories from enemies.

  9. Fierabras - Wikipedia

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    The oldest extant text of the story of Fierabras is a 12th-century (c. 1170) Old French chanson de geste of roughly 6,200 alexandrines [1] in assonanced laisses.The story is as follows: the Saracen king Balan and his 15-foot-tall (4.6 m) son Fierabras return to Spain after sacking the church of Saint Peter's in Rome and taking the relics of the passion.