Medieval French Crusader chant: Chevalier, mult estes guariz (Lyric video)

Please support for our channel : (you can donate as little as 1$ ): ---- Special thanks to our patrons on Patreon and SubscribeStar, whom with their contributions helped our work. ---- About the chant: Chevalier, Mult estes guariz is a crusade song from the central Middle Ages. It remains anonymous and is one of the oldest songs to have come down to us. Following in the footsteps of Joseph Bédier and his joint work with Pierre Aubry (Les chansons de croisade, 1909). Around the middle of the 12th century, and more precisely in 1144, the fortress of Edessa (Rohais, the present-day city of Şanlıurfa or Urfa in southern Turkey) fell to Imad ed-Din Zengi, atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo. Still known as Zengi, the man was also nicknamed 'the bloody one' by the Christian chroniclers of the time (quite a programme). Very advanced in Islamic lands, the county of Edessa, which was one of the first Latin states in the East, was then under the regency of Queen Melisende of Jerusalem. Her heir Baldwin III was only 13 years old and still too young to govern. ---- This chant was performed by La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Grupe Sufi Al-Darwish - Hespèrion XXI / Artistic direction: Jordi Savall #JordiSavall (C) Alia Vox ---- Top Patrons: (10 $ or more donation) Randall Flagg, Lord Funkicus, Mobius, Daniel Marchetto, Walrusking14 unter Rhoades, Joseph Blain, George Sherratt, The Salk, Brendon Wade, James A Panter, Christophe, Jason Huang, Matthew Stephenson, Peter Hundy , Borna Situm Nagy, Ewa Jasniach, DJ, kingbumi01 Rafal Jedrasik, Sancte Michael defende nos, Battle Brother, Ryan Magoon, Daniel Bednarski Rosalie treiber, SPUD, Simeon Mallette, Maciej Durakiewicz, Dominique Blouin, Owhotwaterohno ----- Chant text in Old French: Chevalier mult estes guariz, Quant Deu a vus fait sa clamur, Des Turs e des Amoraviz, Ki li unt fait tels deshenors. Cher a tort unt ses fieuz saisiz; Bien en devums aveir dolur, Cher la fud Deu primes servi, E reconuu per Segnurr. Ki ore irat od Loovis, Ja mar d'enfern avrat pouur, Char s'alme en iert en pareïs, Od les angles nostre Segnor. Pris est Rohais, ben le savez, Dunt cretiens sunt esmaiez, Les musteirs ars e desertez: Deus n'i est mais sacrifiez. Chivaler, cher vus purpensez, Vus ki d'armes estes preisez; A celui voz cors presentez, Ki pur vus fut en cruiz drecez. Ki ore irat od Loovis, Ja mar d'enfern avrat pouur, Char s'alme en iert en pareïs, Od les angles nostre Segnor. Alum conquer Moïsès, Ki gist el munt de Sinaï; A Saragins nel laisum mais, Ne la verge dunt il partid, La Roge mer tut ad un fais, Quant le grant pople le seguit; E Pharaon revint après: El e li suon furent perit. Ki ore irat od Loovis, Ja mar d'enfern avrat pouur, Char s'alme en iert en pareïs, Od les angles nostre Segnor.