TR and the Song of Roland

Remember I mentioned that Theodore Roosevelt could recite the entire Song of Roland in its original Old French? Well, I did mention it. And they say he could do it. All 4000 lines of it. If you're looking for some exciting beach reading this summer, look no further. Roland is an eleventh or twelfth (it's hard to know for sure) action story about the 8th century exploits of Charlemagne's army.

For an English translation: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/roland-ohag.html or http://omacl.org/Roland/

For a look at Old French: http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch/gallica/Chronologie/11siecle/Roland/rol_ch01.html

For audio clips of the Old French: http://eee.uci.edu/programs/medieval/ofclips.html