Battle of Roncevaux
The battles of Roncevaux is a Bataille of the French history which would have taken place on August 15th 778. It was made famous for medieval work the Chanson of Roland .
Charlemagne is in shift against the Sarrasins and he learns that the Saxon chief Widukind approaches the the Rhine. After having made shave defenses of Pampelune, it engages on the way of the return. Whereas its army crosses in Indian file the collars of the the Pyrenees, of the mountain dwellers Basques tackle the back keeps with the collar of Roncevaux where in particular Roland is, a Marquis of the Marche of Brittany. This incident is initially chronic in the royal Annales , like in the biography of Charlemagne: it [[Vita Karoli Magni]] written by the monk Eginhard. Three centuries later, of the Troubadours give a epic dimension to this battle with the Chanson of Roland .
External bonds
- Article on Herodote.net
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