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''Aiol and Mirabel'' is an Old French chanson de geste. Originating probably in the late twelfth century, the oldest copy in Old French dates from circa 1220. It was translated into Middle Dutch, Italian, and Spanish. The narrative recounts the adventures of the young knight Aiol who attempts to restore his father's fiefdom, and along the way marries a Saracen princess. ==Plot== Aiol is a young knight whose father, Elis, lost his lands and his reputation because of the schemes of a traitor named Makaire de Lausanne. He is raised in a forest and has received only a rudimentary education in chivalry.〔 Dressed in the rusty armor of his father, goes to the court of Louis the Pious to restore his father's good name and have his fiefdom returned to him. He is ridiculed at Louis's court in Orleans, but a young woman, Lusiane, recognizes the nobility in him and falls in love with him, not knowing that their mothers were sisters, but Aiol continues his journey.〔 Subsequent adventures lead him through many parts of Southern Europe. In Pamplona, he rescues the young Saracen woman Mirabel, the daughter of the Muslim king Mibrien, from two abductors, and falls in love with her. The two return to Orleans where Lusiane gives up the thought of marriage after learning Aiol is her cousin. Mirabel is baptized, and she and Aiol are married by the Archbishop of Rheims. During the wedding festivities in Langres, the traitor Makaire with an army of 30,000 attacks the company, abducting the bride and groom to Lausanne, where he locks them up. Mirabel gives birth to twins, but Makaire takes them away and throws them in the Rhone. Luckily, a nobleman, Thierry, is fishing (at night) and saves the boys and has them baptized; they are named Manesier and Tumas. Afraid of Makaire he takes them to Venice and enters the service of King Gratien.〔 Meanwhile, Makaire's people are dissatisfied with him and he flees Lausanne in disguise. He takes Aiol and Mirable and returns them to Mirabel's father, who throws them in jail when they refuse to renounce their Christianity. Aiol is stolen from prison and sold to Gratien, whom he assists in capturing Thessaloniki. The presence of the two adopted children at Gratien's children remind him of his own, whom he believes dead. Finally Thierry's wife tells him the truth, and with the help of King Louis Aiol and Gratien liberate Mirabel. All is well that ends well: Mibrien converts to Christianity, Makaire is quartered, Aiol and Mirable, and his father Elie, go back to Burgundy; the two sons go to Venice.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aiol and Mirabel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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