The main action in The Story of Roland occurs in the late eighth- and early ninth-century Frankish kingdom, which was ruled by Charlemagne. This kingdom was slightly larger than but roughly similar to modern-day France.
The setting of the narrative shifts rapidly from Paris to Rome to Moorish Spain. A few of the episodes involve more exotic locales in "the East," suggestive of Persia or Arabia. There is a.....
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