Roland

[boatman]

What's in the Chanson de Roland?

[vittoria]

I did a search on Google and found a wealth of info, although most of the sites are in French a few are in English, here are some: The Song of Roland (Chanson de Roland) is the first and unquestionably the greatest of the chansons de geste. The Song of Roland is generally dated to the late eleventh century, and tells the story of the betrayal and death of Roland (in Frankish, Hruodlandus), nephew of Charlemagne, in the Basque country of Roncesvalles. In the Renaissaance, the story of Roland formed the seed for two fantastical romances Orlando Innamorato (Roland in Love) (1495) by Matteo Maria Boiardo (left unfinished at the author's death) and a continuance, Orlando Furioso (Roland Enraged) (1516) by Ludovico Ariosto. From: http://www.legends.dm.net/paladins/roland.html.
Other sites: La Chanson de Roland "The Song of Roland" Anonymous Traditional Old French Epic Dating circa 1000 text on: http://members.aol.com/chansonro/chanson.htm La Chanson de Roland (1090) � About the poem � Original text with English translatiion by Charles Scott Moncrief (London, 1919). On the following site:- http://www.orbilat.com/Modern_Romance/Gallo-Romanc
e/French/Texts/Period_02/1090-La_Chanson_de_Roland.htm