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Roland

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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One of the famous paladins of Charlemagne, and distinguished for his feats of valour, who, being inveigled into the pass of Roncesvalles, was set upon by the Gascons and slain, along with the flower of the Frankish chivalry, the whole body of which happened to be in his train.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Roland'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/roland.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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