Wace

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Anglo-Norman poet chronicler historian writer

Wace was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman poet and chronicler best known for his verse histories of the Norman dukes and the legends of King Arthur.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Norman poet ⓘ
chronicler ⓘ
historian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
adaptedFrom Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
associatedWith Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Plantagenet court ⓘ
basedIn Caen ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
countryOfBirth Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1110 ⓘ
dateOfDeath after 1174 ⓘ
employer Henry II of England ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norman ⓘ
floruit c. 1135–1174 ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
romance ⓘ
verse history ⓘ
influenced Middle English Brut ⓘ
surface form: Middle English Brut tradition

later Arthurian romance writers ⓘ
influencedBy Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey of Monmouth
knownFor Arthurian verse chronicle ⓘ
verse histories of the Norman dukes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman ⓘ
literaryMovement Anglo-Norman court ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Norman romance

medieval historiography ⓘ
literaryTradition Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Norman literature
nationality Norman ⓘ
notableWork Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
surface form: Roman de Brut

Roman de Rou ⓘ
occupation chronicler ⓘ
clerk ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Jersey
regionOfActivity England ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
subjectOfWork Arthurian legend ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ
Norman dukes ⓘ
titleOrPosition clerk of the king ⓘ
usedForm vernacular narrative poetry ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
wroteAboutDynasty House of Normandy ⓘ
wroteAboutEvent Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
wroteInVerseForm octosyllabic couplets ⓘ

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