Wace
1100 –1174
Poet, Writer, Historian
Lived 74 years
- Born in
- Jersey
- Passed away in
- Bayeux
Wace (c. 1110 – after 1174), sometimes referred to as Robert Wace, was a Medieval Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy (he tells us in the Roman de Rou that he was taken as a child to Caen), ending his career as Canon of Bayeux.
Notable works: Roman de Brut, Roman de Rou, La vie de sainte Marguerite, La conception Nostre Dame, Le trespassement Nostre Dame, L'Assomption de la Vierge, Les trois Marie
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