
1) British musical 2) English girl name
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[musical] Blondel, a rock opera musical by Tim Rice (book and lyrics) and Stephen Oliver (music), was inspired by, and very loosely based on, the life of the eponymous French troubadour. The play is set during the period of the Third Crusade. Originally conceived by Tim Rice during his collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber, the project was...
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(from the article `Richard I`) ...he was handed over to Henry VI, who kept him at various imperial castles. It was around Richard`s captivity in a castle, whose identity was at ...
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French poet, probably from Nesle in Picardy. There is a legend that it was he who discovered the English king
Richard (I) the Lion-Heart at the castle of Dürnstein, Austria, where the king had...
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Blondel was a French minstrel and poet of the 12th century. He is a legendary character, tales about him being recorded in 'Chronicles of Rheims' . One story tells how his master was taken prisoner, and Blondel trying to find him walked all Palestine and Germany singing his master's favourite song until at last the song was taken up and answered by...
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(Sieur des Croisettes), 1618–86, French architect.
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