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Song of Roland (La Chanson de Roland)

The great French hero of the medieval Charlemagne cycle of chansons de geste, immortalized in the Chanson de Roland (11th or 12th cent.). Existence of an early Roland poem is indicated by the historian Wace’s statement that Taillefer sang of Roland’s deeds to inflame the men before the Battle of Hastings (1066). Historically Roland was... More...

Sierra Leone, 2001, Roland on Veillantif