Wace

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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 tradition
linked to: Middle English Brut

later Arthurian romance writers
influencedBy Geoffrey of Monmouth
knownFor Arthurian verse chronicle
verse histories of the Norman dukes
languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman
literaryMovement Anglo-Norman romance
linked to: Anglo-Norman court

medieval historiography
literaryTradition Anglo-Norman literature
linked to: Anglo-Norman
nationality Norman
notableWork Roman de Brut
Roman de Rou
occupation chronicler
clerk
poet
placeOfBirth 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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