Premium Content The Effect of Feudalism on its Contemporary Texts
By Shira Traison - January 21, 2003
The French epic The Song of Roland (ca. 1100) loudly echoes the feudal values of its time. As it describes the transformation of France into a Christian nation united by loyalties to the king and country, the epic embodies the spirit of loyalty between a lord to his vassal. Although "Aucassin and Nicolette" is also an anonymous piece written in the…
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