Robert Wace
Robert Wace (~
1115-~
1183) was a
poet, whose
Roman de Brut (
1155) was based on the work of
Geoffrey of Monmouth. It cannot be regarded as a history in any modern sense; Wace was the first to mention the legend of
King Arthur's
Round Table. Other works included lives of various saints, also in verse. Wace was born in
Jersey and brought up in
France, ending his career as
Canon of
Bayeux; he wrote in Norman
French. His later work, the
Roman de Rou, a verse history of the Dukes of
Normandy, was commissioned by King
Henry II of England.
