HON 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Baligant, Tilpin, Flanaess
26 Dec 2017
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Song of roland is an epic poem, the oldest surviving piece of french literature. Written in old french, and called a chanson de geste. Song of roland is a song of great deeds, not a romance. It was performed around the same time that beowulf and tristan & isolde were performed. It was first performed for william the conqueror, but is set during the carolingian reign of charlemagne. Song of roland tells the story of charlemagne, who has been fighting the. Muslim army, led by king marsile, in spain for seven years. Based on the historical battle between charlemagne and the. Spanish basques were separatists in the modern day, and included ignatius of loyola. They were autochthonous , meaning they had unknown origins but had always lived in their current region and had always been where they currently were. The antagonists are changed from basques to muslims to use as justification for fighting the crusades.
