Three Preludes to the Song of Roland

The first complete English translation of three chansons de geste inspired by the Romance epic, the Song of Roland . The success of the eleventh-century Song of Roland gave rise to a series of around twenty related chansons de geste , known collectively as the Cycle of the King. In addition to reworkings of the Song of Roland in Old French and other medieval languages, these poems are devoted to the numerous military campaigns of Charlemagne against the Muslims before and after the tragic Battle