See also:

• WALE (?) ROBERT (xloo?-1175?)

WALE (?) See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT (xloo?-1175?)  ,Anglo-See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman chronicler, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey . He studied at See also:

• CAEN

Caen; he became personally known to See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry I., Henry II., and the latter's eldest son, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince Henry; from Henry II. he received a prebend at See also:

• BAYEUX

Bayeux and other gifts . Except for these facts he is known to us only as the author of two metrical See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles in the Norman-See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . Of these the earlier in date is the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman de See also:

• BRUT, BRUTE

Brut, completed in 1155, which is said to have been dedicated to Eleanor of See also:

• AQUITAINE

Aquitaine (ed . A . J . V . Le Roux de Lincy, 2 vols., See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen, 1836–1838) . This is a See also:

• FREE

free version of the Latin Historia Britonum by See also:

• GEOFFREY
• GEOFFREY (1158-1186)
• GEOFFREY (c. I152-1212)

Geoffrey of See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth, in rhyming octosyllables; it was rendered into See also:

• ENGLISH

English, shortly after 'zoo, by See also:

• LAYAMON

Layamon, a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass-See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of See also:

• WORCESTERSHIRE

Worcestershire, and is also largely used in the rhymed English See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• MANNYNG, ROBERT (ROBERT of BRUNNE) (c. 1264–1340 ?)

Mannyng . See also:

• WACE, HENRY (1836– )

Wace's second See also:

• WORK

work, the Roman de Rou, written between r'6o and 1174, has a less fabulous See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character than the Brut, being a chronicle of the Norman See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes from Rollo to Robert Curthose . It has been ably dissected by Gustav Korting (Ober See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Quellen See also:

• DES

des Roman de Rou, See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1867), who shows that it is mainly based upon Dude and See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of Jumieges . There is also See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason for thinking that Wace used the Gesta reguin of William of See also:

• MALMESBURY
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HARRIS, IST EARL OF (1746-1820)
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HOWARD HARRIS, 3RD EARL OF (1807-1889)

Malmesbury .

Where Wace follows no ascertainable source he must be used with caution . Undoubtedly he used oral tradition; but he also seems to have given free See also:

• PLAY

play to his See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination . The Roman de Rou is written in rhyming octosyllables, varied by assonanced alexandrines . It has been edited by F . Pluquet (2 vols. and supplement, Rouen, 1827–1829) and more completely by H . Andresen (2 vols., See also:

• HEILBRONN

Heilbronn, 1877–1879) . (H . W . C .