Analyse Zadig Chapitre 15

invented the wheel? The chanson de geste The truth lies somewhere between the ‘traditionalist’ and ‘individualist’ sides of the argument, whether it applies to saints’ lives or the chansons de geste. Three centuries separate the battle of Roncevalles (15 August 778) from the Chanson de Roland (c.1080) which tells how Roland, commanding the rearguard of Charlemagne’s army, and his companion Olivier died as the result of the treachery of Ganelon. Though early Latin and Arab texts record the event, there