# The Harvard Classics Volume 49 Epic And Saga With Introductions

Author: Unknown

Genre: Public Domain

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: Local public-domain TXT source

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## Summary

_In the year 778 A.D., Charles the Great, King of the Franks, returned from a military expedition into Spain, whither he had been led by opportunities offered through dissensions among the Saracens who then dominated that country. On the 15th of August, while his army was marching through the passes of the Pyrenees, his rear-guard was attacked and annihilated by the Basque inhabitants of the mountains, in the valley of Roncesvaux About this disaster many popular songs, it is supposed, soon sprang up; and the chief hero whom they celebrated was Hrodland, Count of the Marches of Brittany.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-harvard-classics-volume-49-epic-and-saga-with-introductions-c4208ab2/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-harvard-classics-volume-49-epic-and-saga-with-introductions-c4208ab2/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-harvard-classics-volume-49-epic-and-saga-with-introductions-c4208ab2/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-harvard-classics-volume-49-epic-and-saga-with-introductions-c4208ab2/chapters/1/index.md)