It tells the story of the battle of roncevaux pass in 778. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Stories from the bible to help kids and parents engage and love scripture by sarah m. The song of roland, written by an unknown poet, tells of charlemagnes. The story of rolands death at roncevaux pass was embellished in later medieval and renaissance literature. The eight phases of the song of roland in one picture. The events are based loosely on the battle of roncevaux pass of 778 ad. Book illustrations, childrens book illustration, sword and sorcery, black and.
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