The Emperor Charlemagne in La Chanson de Roland

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…romances and other stories of the adventures of chivalrous knights, is indebted to La Chanson de Roland for its presentation of the king Charlemagne. As the social and political climate of France evolved, French literature reflects these changes and the eventual rise of feudalism as a viable sociopolitical system. The foundations for the rise of feudalism are clearly found in La Chanson de Roland, which serves as a watershed in the development of French literature.