The Song of Roland

Anonymous · c. 1100 CE · Poem · French · Medieval

Charlemagne's rearguard is left holding a Pyrenean pass under his nephew Roland while the army crosses back into France, and a Saracen force many times its size comes on. Roland carries a horn that would bring the emperor back and refuses to sound it. Feudal loyalty and pride told as sacred history.

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