Wace
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thumb|A memorial to Wace was set up in his native island of Jerseythumb|Wace presents his Roman de Rou to Henry II in this illustration from 1824 Wace ( 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.
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Wace, born Robert in 1100 in Jersey, was a male poet, writer, and historian from the Duchy of Normandy. He was a member of the Catholic Church and wrote in Old French and Anglo-Norman. His literary output included epic poems and hagiographies, with notable works including the *Roman de Brut* and the *Roman de Rou*. He died in Bayeux in 1174 or 1175.
The subject is described in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition, *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. His name in his native language is Wace.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1836
- Died
- 1924
- Works
- 161
Top works
- On the Freedom of a Christian
- Luther's Primary Works
- Address to the Christian Nobility
- First Principles of the Reformation, Or, the Ninety-Five Theses and the Three Primary Works of Martin Luther, Translated Into English
- First Principles of the Reformation
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 69
- Total plays
- 201
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Long-term marine litter monitoring in the remote Great Australian Bight, South Australia
· 2004 · cited 128x
- Health-related quality of life in people with predementia Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment or dementia measured with preference-based instruments: a systematic literature review
· 2020 · cited 78x
- The Vegetation of Gough Island
· 1961 · cited 61x
- The influence of man on the floras and faunas of southern islands
· 1961 · cited 38x
- The botany of the southern oceanic islands
· 1960 · cited 36x
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Quotes
- “Por remembrer des ancessoursLi fez è li diz è li mours,Deit l'en li livres è li gestesE li estoires lire as festes.”
- “Cil due vassals, ki tant cunquistrent,Tant orent terres, è tant pristrent;Emprès la mort, de lor enor,N'ont cescuns fors sa lunguor.”
- “Tote rien se torne en déclin,Tot chiet, tot meurt, tot vait à fin:Hom muert, fer use, fust porrist,Tur font, mur chiet, rose flaistrist,Cheval trebusche, drap viésist:Tot ovre fet od mainz périst.”
- “N'ont terre de Seingnor ki ne se pot aidier.”
- “Ci faut le livre Maistre Wace;Qu'in velt avant fere, s'in face.”
- “Que force sormonte vertu.Bone est force et engins mius valt,Là vaut engins où force falt;Engins et ars font mainte coseQue force commenchier ne n'ose.”
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Key facts
- Writer.image
- Wace John Everett Millais.jpg
- Writer.caption
- Wace drawn by John Everett Millais
- Writer.birth_date
- 1110
- Writer.birth_place
- Jersey, Duchy of Normandy
- Writer.death_date
- after 1174 (age 64+)
- Writer.language
- Old French/Old Norman/Anglo-Norman
- Writer.nationality
- Norman
- Writer.education
- Educated in Caen
- Writer.period
- Anglo-Norman literature
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- Writer.years_active
- 1150s–70s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Normandy
- Place of birth
- Jersey
- Place of death
- Bayeux
- Occupation
- historian
- Languages spoken
- Anglo-Norman
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Genre
- hagiography
- Image
- Wace John Everett Millais.jpg
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- Commons category
- Wace
- date of birth
- 1100-01-01
- date of death
- 1175-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Wace
- writing language
- Norman
- P12749
- Eberhard Schrader
- Commons Creator page
- Wace
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Life
- Works
- ''Roman de Brut''
- ''Roman de Rou''
- Language
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|A memorial to Wace was set up in his native island of Jerseythumb|Wace presents his Roman de Rou to Henry II in this illustration from 1824 Wace ( 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.
==Life== All that is known of Wace's life comes from autobiographical references in his poems. He neglected to mention his birthdate; some time between 1099 and 1111 is the most commonly accepted period for his birth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wace” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.