The Song of Roland The Song of Roland

The Song of Roland

Publisher Description

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 epic poem in French. The Song of Roland, written by an unknown poet, tells of Charlemagne’s warrior nephew, Lord of the Breton Marches, who valiantly leads his men into battle against the Saracens, but dies in the massacre, defiant to the end. In majestic verses, the battle becomes a symbolic struggle between Christianity and Islam, while Roland’s last stand is the ultimate expression of honour and feudal values of twelfth-century France.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2022
December 8
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
196
Pages
PUBLISHER
Sanctus Books
SELLER
Sanctus Books
SIZE
651.5
KB

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