Bradamante
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Bradamante (also spelled Bradamant) is the sister of Rinaldo, and one of the heroines in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto in their handling of the Charlemagne legends, also called the Matter of France.
She falls in love with the Saracen warrior Ruggiero, but refuses to marry him unless he converts from Islam. Bradamante and Ruggiero were destined to become the ancestors of the noble House of Este who were the patrons to both Boiardo and Ariosto. Bradamante rescues Ruggiero from being imprisoned by the wizard Atlante, but they are separated soon afterward. The two lovers are separated many times in the story, but are finally married after Ruggiero's conversion to Christianity.
[edit] In Popular Culture
Bradamante is depicted as one of the greatest female knights in literature. She is an expert fighter, and wields a magical lance that unhorses anyone it touches.
Bradamante is also one of the main characters in Italo Calvino's surrealistic, highly ironic novel Il Cavaliere inesistente.
Robert Garnier, French dramatist of the 16th century, wrote the tragicomedy named Bradamante that further develops the love story between the heroine and Roger (Ruggiero).
Bradamante is depicted by Barbara De Rossi in the 1983 Italian film Paladini-storia d'armi e d'amori (aka Paladins—the story of love and arms, aka Hearts and Armor)[1] – a film based on the legends surrounding the Peers of Charlemagne.
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[edit] References
- ^ Alternative name at IMDB
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