La Chanson de Roland

Author

Turoldus

Language

Old French

Year

1100

Country

France

Genre

Long Poem (Epic, Verse Novel, or Book-Length Poem)

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The Song of Roland is an 11th-century chanson de geste based on the deeds of the Frankish military leader Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in AD 778, during the reign of Charlemagne. It is the oldest surviving major work of French literature. It exists in various manuscript versions, which testify to its enormous and enduring popularity in Medieval and Renaissance literature from the 12th to the 16th centuries.