Song Of Roland Essays

The Iliad was written by the ancient Greek Homer in around the eighth century BC and the Song of Roland was written more than a thousand years later by an anonymous French writer in around the twelfth century AD. They are both classic texts, examples of the earliest known writings…

The Song of Roland tells us that Rolands pride led basically to the massacre of his men, who made up the rear of Charlemagnes great Frank contingent going home after a campaign in Spain. True, it was his Ganelon who compromised Rolands position to the Muslims out of an impulse…