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Also known as Robert Wace

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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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
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Total plays
201

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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

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Wace John Everett Millais.jpg
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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

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Commons category
Wace
date of birth
1100-01-01
date of death
1175-00-00
name in native language
Wace
Commons Creator page
Wace
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Article

9 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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