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unusual facts about Song of Roland



Origin of the name California

The Song of Roland, an 11th-century Old French epic poem, may have served as the inspiration for the name "California" The poem refers to the defeat suffered August 15, 778, in the retreat of Charlemagne's army at the hands of the Muslim army in Battle of Roncevaux Pass in the Pyrenees.


see also

Aymeri de Narbonne

The Venise manuscript of The Song of Roland contains, after the end of that poem, a version of the tale of Aymeri taking Narbonne.

Roland og Magnus kongen

Trio Mediæval, "Rolandskvadet (The Song of Roland)" in Folk Songs (ECM Records 2007)

Xander Bennett

He has written tabletop RPG books for The Le Games (Unorthodox Pirates), Highmoon Media (The Song of Roland), and Dogsoul Publishing.