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  French literature timeline
     
c. 1102
 
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The chansons de geste, performed by professional minstrels in castles and manors, celebrate the exploits of Charlemagne and his paladins        
c. 1120
 
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The troubadours of Provence develop a new form of love poetry in French, introducing courtly love       
c. 1130
 
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A popular French poem, the Chanson de Roland, turns a minor disaster in one of Charlemagne's campaigns into a tale of epic heroism      
c. 1160
 
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Chrétien de Troyes and other French authors turn the stories of Arthur and his knights into a romance of courtly love        
1461
 
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Francois Villon, recently released from prison, writes his Ballad of the Ladies of Times Past       
1532
 
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François Rabelais publishes Pantagruel, the first to appear of his five books about the giant Pantagruel and his father Gargantua