Song of Roland

Song of Roland
The most famous chanson de geste, composed between 1098-1100, describing the betrayal of Count Roland at the hand of Ganelon, and his resulting death in the Pyranee Mountains at the hands of the Saracens. Roland was a loyal defender of his liege Charlemagne, and the take has become a landmark in the iconography of chivalry.

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