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The Song of Roland Translations of the Versions in Assonance and Rhyme of the Chanson de Roland, trans. Joseph J. Duggan and Annalee C. Rejhon (Turnhout: Brepols, 2012). 519 pp. ISBN 9-782503-544649. euro120.00. This volume furnishes us with a new translation of the Oxford version of the Chanson de Roland, plus the first translation into English of the late twelfth-century rhymed text found in the Châteauroux and Venice 7 manuscripts. The latter gives a longer narrative, including miracles of the hawthorn bush and hazel tree, according a greater...