La Chanson de Roland

CoNi^ DE LA Vieille France Charlemagne, King of the Franks (768-814), and later Emperor of the West (800), waged many wars of conquest in his endeavor to bring together the barbarian nations and Roman civilization. His nephew Roland is celebrated in médiéval legend. The story of Roland's heroic stand in the valley of Roncesvalles is told in the Chanson de Roland^ an epic poem of the Middle Ages.

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