The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne

ISBN: 9780199655540 出版年：2016 页码：289 Gaunt, Simon Oxford University Press

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.