Aucassin et Nicolette is a medieval French chante-fable, (mixture of of prose and verse or a “sung story”). It is the only known chantefable from what was once a very popular literary tradition, and it is from this work the term chantefable was coined in its concluding lines: “No cantefable prent fin” (“Our chantefable is [...]

The House of Capet, (French: Les Capétiens, la Maison capétienne), also called The House of France ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328 As rulers of France, the dynasty succeeded the Carolingian dynasty. The name derives from the nickname of Hugh, the first Capetian King, who was known as Hugh Capet and was [...]