# Aliscans
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'''''Aliscans''''' is a ''[chanson de geste](/source/chanson_de_geste)'' of the late twelfth century. It recounts the story of the fictional battle of Aliscans (Alescans), a disastrous defeat of a Christian army by a [Saracen](/source/Saracen) army. The name 'Aliscans' presumably refers to the [Alyscamps](/source/Alyscamps) in [Arles](/source/Arles). It belongs to the [Guillaume d'Orange cycle](/source/Guillaume_d'Orange_cycle), and in the action Guillaume's nephew [Vivien](/source/Vivien_(chanson_de_geste)) is killed.
It is written in the old [Picard language](/source/Picard_language), and has around 8000 lines. It is dated, probably, as composed 1180–1190, and survives in 13 manuscripts.
It is generally thought to be a source for the ''[Willehalm](/source/Willehalm)'' of [Wolfram von Eschenbach](/source/Wolfram_von_Eschenbach), and the two works cover the same events.[Marion E. Gibbs and Sidney M. Johnson (1997), ''Medieval German Literature'' p. 195-6.] The ''chanson'' is likely based on the ''[Chançun de Willame](/source/Chan%C3%A7un_de_Willame)'', a version of the cycle from the beginning of the century.
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Category:Chansons de geste
Category:French poems
Category:Epic poems in French
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