Ogier, the Dane
Ogier, the Dane
OGIER, the Dane, was the son of Geoffroy, who wrested Denmark from the Pagans, and reigned the first Christian king of that country. When…
Ogier, the Dane: Charlemagne
He had hardly reached the age of sixteen years when Charlemagne, whose power was established over all the sovereigns of his time…
Ogier, the Dane: Infidels
Charlemagne stopped but two days at Spoleto, and learning that the Infidels, having rendered themselves masters of Rome, were besieging the…
Ogier, the Dane: Turpin
Then the good Archbishop Turpin laid aside his helmet and his bloody sword (for he always felt that he was clearly in the line of his duty…
Ogier, the Dane: Carahue
The Saracen army had hardly recovered from its dismay when Carahue, King of Mauritania, who was one of the knights overthrown by Ogier at…
Ogier, the Dane: Sadon
At the dawn of day Sadon and Carahue, attended only by two pages to carry their spears, took their way to the appointed meadow; and Charlot…
Ogier, the Dane: Dannemont
The troop which advanced was commanded by Dannemont, the exiled king of Denmark, whom Geoffroy, Ogier's father, had driven from his throne…
Ogier, the Dane: Baldwin
We pass in silence the adventures of Ogier for several ensuing years, in which the fairy-gifts of his infancy showed their force in making…
Ogier, the Dane: Abbot
We forgot to say that, when Ogier was led prisoner to Soissons, the Abbot of Saint Faron, observing the fine horse Beiffror, and not having…
Ogier, the Dane: Bruhier
Ogier, though boiling with rage, forgot not to implore the assistance of Heaven. "O Lord!" he exclaimed, "suffer not the enemy of thy name…
Ogier, the Dane: Guyon
A few days after Guyon, King of Denmark, arrived in France with a chosen band of knights, and sent an ambassador to Charlemagne, to say…
Ogier, the Dane: Papillon
Ogier advanced into the country, looking for some marks of inhabitancy, but found none. On a sudden he encountered two monstrous animals…
Ogier, the Dane: Morgana
We abridge the narrative of all the delights which Ogier enjoyed for more than a hundred years. Time flew by, leaving no impression of its…
Ogier, the Dane: Saracens
King Hugh Capet, having received that same evening couriers from the inhabitants of Chartres, informing him that they were hard pressed by…