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Roland is the hero of the world famous French heroic poem, which became an example of a Christian knight. &quote;Song of Roland&quote; - a classic example of the epic, praising knightly valor, devotion to God and the king, who personified the state. The work narrates about the events during the war of Charlemagne with the Spanish Saracens. It was written several centuries after the battle of 778. Traitor Count Ganelon offers the tsar of Zaragoza Marsilia to attack the rearguard of the army of Charlemagne, setting up an ambush in the Ronseval gorge. As a result of this betrayal, a detachment of Franks led by Breton Count Roland is cut off from Carl's army and forced to engage in a battle with the multiply superior forces of the opponents.