Author: Gaunt, Simon

Price: $11.00

Category:European Poetry
Publication Date:2017-02-01T00:00:01Z
Pages:288
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:0199655545
ISBN:13:9780199655540
The Song of Roland offers fascinating insights into medieval ideas about heroism, manhood, religion, race, & nationhood which were foundational for modern European culture. It is the oldest known surviving major work of French literature based on the Battle of Roncevaux in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne.