The Days of ChivalryBOOK THE FIRST — THE TOURNEY AT FRONSAC — A.D. 769.Tom Hood translationChapter navigation42 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE DAYS OF CHIVALRYIllustrated With 177 Designs on Wood BY GUSTAVE DORÉ.PREFACE.BOOK THE FIRST — THE TOURNEY AT FRONSAC — A.D. 769.Chapter I · CHARLEMAGNE.Chapter II · WHICH THE AUTHOR CONGRATULATES HIMSELF ON NOT HAVING TO READ.Chapter III · CHARLEMAGNE’S CORTEGE.Chapter IV · HOW GANELON, COUNT OF MAYENCE, WAS NEARLY SMOKED IN THE COMPANY OF TWO HOGS, AND WHAT FOLLOWED THEREAFTER.Chapter V · ANGOULAFFRE OF THE BRAZEN TEETH, GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM.Chapter VI · MURAD’S THREE WHIMS.Chapter VII · A FORMIDABLE FRIEND.Chapter VIII · WHEREIN THE GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM BEGINS TO SHOW HIS TEETH.Chapter IX · WHEREIN THE EAGLE STOOPS, THE RAVEN CROAKS, THE WOLF HOWLS, AND THE LION ROARS.Chapter X · ANGOULAFFRE THE MERCIFUL!Chapter XI · HOW ANGOULAFFRE HAD AN ATTACK OF TOOTHACHE, WHICH WAS THE DEATH OF HIM.Chapter XII · THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ANGOULAFFRE.Chapter XIII · THE TWO ROGUES RELEASED.Chapter XIV · THE CORSELET OF CAMBRIC.Chapter XV · MONTJOIE! MONTJOIE! ST. DENIS!Chapter XVI · A FUNERAL MARCH.BOOK THE SECOND — THE PROPHET’S PARADISE.Chapter I · HOW CROQUEMITAINE WAS CHRISTENED.Chapter II · THE KING OF BEAUTY,Chapter III · HOW THE EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNE SAW A VISION.Chapter IV · HOW KING MARSILLUS SAW A VISION.Chapter V · THE TWO ALCALDES.Chapter VI · CHARLEMAGNE IN SPAIN.Chapter VII · THE TRAP.Chapter VIII · HOW ROLAND UNDERTOOK TO CARRY SARAGOSSA BY STORM.Chapter IX · A TRIP TO MAHOMET’S PARADISE.Chapter X · WHEN ROLAND REMEMBERS HIS LATIN, AND THE DEVIL FORGETS HIS.BOOK THE THIRD — THE FORTRESS OF FEAR.Chapter I · THE FOUR FOES OF CROQUEMITAINE.Chapter II · THE SIGN OF THE CROCODILE.Chapter III · HOW ALLEGRIGNAC, MARAGOUGNIA, PORC-EN-TRUIE, AND MONT-ROGNON OPENED THE CAMPAIGN.Chapter IV · ALI PÉPÉ’S LITTLE HARVEST.Chapter V · HOW ALI PÉPÉ, HAVING DONE ALL THAT COULD BE EXPECTED OF AN HONEST MAN, WAS HANGED.Chapter VI · SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, FACE TO FACE!Chapter VII · MITAINE OPENS THE CAMPAIGN.Chapter VIII · THROUGH THE FORESTS.Chapter IX · A NIGHT IN THE FORTRESS OF FEAR.EPILOGUE — RONCESVALLES — A. D. 778.Previous chapter ←PREFACE.Next chapter →Chapter I · CHARLEMAGNE.All chapters and sections (42)Other sectionsTHE DAYS OF CHIVALRYIllustrated With 177 Designs on Wood BY GUSTAVE DORÉ.PREFACE.BOOK THE FIRST — THE TOURNEY AT FRONSAC — A.D. 769.Chapters12345678910111213141516Other sectionsBOOK THE SECOND — THE PROPHET’S PARADISE.Chapters12345678910Other sectionsBOOK THE THIRD — THE FORTRESS OF FEAR.Chapters123456789Other sectionsEPILOGUE — RONCESVALLES — A. D. 778.017sOriginal Size -- Medium-Size← PREFACE.CHAPTER I. CHARLEMAGNE. →
