Chapter 6: Early Middle Ages

Miniature of Vincent of Beauvais writing in a manuscript of the Speculum Historiale in French, Bruges, c. 1478–1480, British Library Royal 14 E. i, vol. 1, f. 3, probably representing the library of the Dukes of Burgundy. CC BY-SA 4.0

Food for Thought

“The pagans say: “The Emperor is coming

listen to their trumpets–it is the French!

If Charles comes back, it’s all over for us.

If Roland lives, this war begins again.”

– The Song of Roland, 157

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