
	Where results make sense

Topic: Battle of Roncevaux Pass

Related Topics

Roncesvalles

Chanson de Roland

Hroudland

The Song of Roland

Roland (disambiguation)

Basques

Roland Corporation

Matter of France

778

Charlemagne

History of Brittany

August 15

Brittany

1000

France

In the News (Tue 1 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	August 15
		August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining.
		778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed
		1057 - King MacBeth of Scotland is killed during the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of King Malcolm III.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/au/august_15.html (1286 words)

	Battle of Roncevaux Pass -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This battle was the last of (King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)) Charlemagne's first campaign to capture (A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) Spain, an attempt that ended in failure.
		The oral tradition also changed the outcome of the battle, from the historical, where Hroudland and his force is completely annihilated and the Basques escape, to that where Charlemagne comes to the rescue of Roland and destroys the Saracens.
		There is a tombstone near the Roncevaux Pass commemorating the area where it is traditionally held that Roland died.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_roncevaux_pass.htm (262 words)

	Battle of Roncevaux Pass biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Roncevaux Pass (Roncesvaux in English, Roncesvalles in Spanish, Orreaga in Basque) is the site of a famous battle in 778 in which Hroudland (later changed to Roland), prefect of Brittany March was defeated by the Basques.
		Over the years, this minor battle was romanticized by oral tradition into a major conflict between Christians and Muslims, when in fact both sides in the real battle were Christian.
		When The Song of Roland was written down, by an unknown troubadour of the 11th century, it became the first Chanson de geste or epic poem of medieval France.
	www.biography.ms /Battle_of_Roncevaux.html (257 words)

	Basque history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Battle of Vitoria was fought on June 21 1813 during the Peninsular War, between 78,000 Britain, Portugal and Spain troops, with 96 guns, under Arthur Wellesley, and 58,000 France with 153 guns under King Joseph Bonaparte and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan.
		Deploying three divisions to guard the capitals southern approaches, he then marched north with the rest of his army to lay siege to the fortress of Burgos, 140 miles away, but he had underrated the enemys strength and on October 21 he had to abandon the siege and retreat.
		The battle was the inspiration for Ludwig van Beethovens Opus 91, often called the Battle Symphony, or simply Wellingtons Victory, while portrays the battle in a form of a musical drama.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Basque-history (332 words)

	Roncevaux Pass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Roncevaux Pass (Spanish: Puerto de Ibañeta; French: Col de Roncevaux) is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees.
		According to a tradition, it was the site where Roland died during the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778.
		There is a tombstone near the pass commemorating the area where it is traditionally held that Roland died.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Roncevaux-Pass.htm (158 words)

	August 15 Definition / August 15 Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining.
		778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which RolandHistorically, the marquis of Brittany Roland was a Frankish seneschal (or commander) in Charlemagne's service, who was killed in the Battle of Roncevaux Pass by the Basques on 15 August, AD 778.
		He was the nephew of Charlemagne, but was brought up by his mother (the Lady Bertha) as a beggar, living in a cave near Sutri, Italy.
	www.elresearch.com /August_15 (956 words)

	For all / There exists
		The Song of Roland is an epic hero-poem in Anglo-Norman (more specifically, it is a chanson de geste, or song of deeds), which according to Dorothy L Sayers probably took the shape in which we now have it in the late eleventh century.
		It tells the story of the betrayal of Count Roland to the Saracens by Ganelon, of the resulting Battle of Roncevaux Pass, of the death of Roland and of Emperor Charlemagne's subsequent revenge for his death.
		This poem has been referred to in many places; two examples that point out something interesting - possibly about human nature in general - can be found in Bungie's Mac game "Marathon" (now downloadable from trilogyrelease.bungie.org) and in the track "Meurglys III" by Van der Graaf Generator.
	new.jamesjoycewaskorean.com /archive.php?pf=200608 (651 words)

	Read about Hero at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Hero and learn about Hero here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Nelson Mandela, during the apartheid, held in a South African prison for 26 years.
		He led the battle to end the apartheid.
		Stanislav Petrov, Soviet military officer who averted a worldwide nuclear war in 1983
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Hero (536 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/August 15
		1040 - King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth.
		1057 - King Mac Bethad is killed in the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
		1599 - Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass - Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, were sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/August_15 (1736 words)

	kimpassavahvat.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Choose from a Variey of Templates Customize Your Passes.
		Pass on family food traditions to future generations.
		Get your SouthwestÂ® boarding pass via text msg from anywhere - Free!
	www.kimpassavahvat.net (102 words)

	August 15 information - Search.com
		Pacific War and France is Free 2 amazing DVDs as seen on PBS
		Main Battle Tanks and Boomers Rare Supremacy wargame pieces
		1599 - First Battle of Curlew Pass won by Irish forces.
	www.search.com /reference/August_15 (1336 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)