On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard
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The first complete English translation of three chansons de geste inspired by the Romance epic, the Song of Roland. The
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Charles the king, our emperor great, Has been a full seven years in Spain. As far as the sea he conquered this haughty l
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Roland Barthes – the author of such enduringly influential works as Mythologies and Camera Lucida – was one of the most
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