The Song Of Roland Av Anonymous, Chanson De Roland English

The first complete English translation of three chansons de geste inspired by the Romance epic, the Song of Roland. <p/>The success of the eleventh-century Song of Roland gave rise to a series of around twenty related chansons de geste, known collectively...

On 15 August 778, Charlemagne¿s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant...