Roland

aliases

Orlando, Hrōþiland

Roland (died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as The Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed by rebellious Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 788.

The story of Roland's death at Roncevaux Pass was embellished in later medieval and Renaissance literature. The 11th Century Song of Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland) is an epic poem (chanson de geste) based on the battle. It is the oldest surviving major work of French literature and exists in various manuscript versions, which testify to its enormous and enduring popularity in the 12th to 14th centuries.…more

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	The Song of Roland by Unknown 3.50 avg rating — 19,169 ratings — published 1115 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto 4.04 avg rating — 4,110 ratings — published 1516 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orlando Innamorato: Orlando in Love by Matteo Maria Boiardo 3.88 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1495 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epic Continent: Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe by Nicholas Jubber 3.56 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2019 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doré's Illustrations for Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso": A Selection of 208 Illustrations by Gustave Doré 4.52 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1980 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Savage Frontier: The Pyrenees in History and the Imagination by Matthew Carr (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2018 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlemagne and Roland by Allan Massie 2.81 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2009 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ethos of the Song of Roland by George Fenwick Jones 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1963 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Old French Literature, from the Origins to 1300 by Urban T. Holmes Jr. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chivalric Folk Tradition in Sicily: A History of Storytelling, Puppetry, Painted Carts and Other Arts by Marcella Croce really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars