The Roland Legend in Nineteenth Century French Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813154510)

The year was 778. Charlemagne, starting homeward after an expedition onto the Iberian Peninsula, left his nephew, Count Roland, in command of a rear guard. As Roland and his troops moved through the Pyrenees, a fierce enemy swooped down and annihilated them. Whether the attackers were Moors, Basques, Gascons, or Aquitainians is still disputed. The massacre soon passed into legend, preserved but at the same time expanded and interpreted in oral tradition and written accounts. Dormant after the l

Author: Harry Jr. Redman
ISBN-10: 0813154510
ISBN-13: 9780813154510
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d