La Chanson de Roland

The Song of Roland

AuthorTuroldus
LanguageOld French
Year1100
CountryFrance
GenreEpic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
La Chanson de Roland

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.โ€” Wikipedia

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