Italy / France Manuscript: First half of the fourteenth century CE Anonymous Geste Francor Bovo d’Antona, Karleto, Uggieri il danese, Berta ai piedi grandi, Berta e Milone, Orlandino, Macario (Beuve d’Hampton, Karleto, Ogier le danois, Berte aux grands pieds,...
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Oral tradition: 9th-10th century CEEarliest written versions: late 13th century – 14th century CE The Book of Dede Korkut Introduction commissioned. Name of...
Italy Earliest known manuscript dated 1341 Huon d’Auvergne Huon d’Auvergne is one of the few dated epics in chanson de geste format (rhymed laisses, fixed-length lines with varying strophe lengths) and one of the few Franco-Italian epics with multiple versions....
Central Asia earliest written version in 14th/15th century CE; continues to be performed orally Anonymous, Alpamish The epic of Alpamish is the main heroic epic of the Uzbeks, but is also found in the oral tradition of other ethnic groups speaking Turkic...
Japan Oldest extant variant: 1309 (Engyōbon) Tale of the Heike The Tale of the Heike, often called “Japan’s epic,” is a long narrative describing the Genpei War (1180-1185), a civil conflict that rent Japan’s political structure and ushered in its medieval period, an...
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