Anseïs de Carthage

Anseïs de Carthage is a thirteenth-century chanson de geste. It is preserved in four manuscripts, though some are fragmentary. It is a sequel to the Chanson de Roland, and is set against the background of the Reconquista of Spain. It was written between 1230 and 1250, and consists of about 11000 rhymed decasyllables. A prose version of the tale is preserved in a manuscript of the late fifteenth century, with the title La cronique associée de Charlemaine très loable et Anseis icy coupplée. The first printed edition of the chanson is that of Johann Alton in 1892.