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Wace


Born
in Jersey
November 27, 1114

Died
November 27, 1182

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Wace (c. 1115 – c. 1183) was a 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.

Wace, dit aussi Guace ou Wistace était un poète normand, né à Jersey. Ses deux œuvres majeures sont le Roman de Brut et le Roman de Rou.

Sometimes referred to as Robert Wace.

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“Muscle is good, but craft is better”
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