Dec 11, 2007 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Roland s blowing the horn, his injury, and his death. Cette longue epopee est le plus ancien texte litteraire parvenu jusqua nous redige en langue francaise. Roland des roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in france. Seule saragosse resiste, tenue par le roi musulman marsile. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. It was written down centuries after the events which it describes, and almost certainly a longish oral tradition precedes this. It is the oldest surviving major work of french literature and exists in various manuscript versions, which testify to its enormous and enduring popularity in the 12th to 14th centuries. Elle raconte lhistoire du chevalier roland, fidele a lempereur charlemagne qui a vecu au 8me siecle et sa mort au combat contre les musulmans despagne. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Ce texte reprend certainement des recits oraux plus. This work is the among the oldest, if not the oldest, surviving major work of ancient french literature which testifies to its enduring popularity in the 12th. Vous porterez en vos mains des branches dolivier, ce qui signifie paix et humilite.