Master Wace, His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest From the Roman De Rou

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Master Wace, His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest From the Roman De Rou

by Wace

EN·~6 hours·34 chapters

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MASTER WACE - HIS CHRONICLE OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST - FROM THE - ROMAN DE ROU - TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS - BY EDGAR TAYLOR ESQ. F.S.A. - LONDON - WILLIAM PICKERING - 1837

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CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

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INTRODUCTION.

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THE CHRONICLE.

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PROLOGUE CONCERNING THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK, SETTING FORTH HIS INTENT AND DEGREE.

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CHAPTER I. - HOW WILLIAM BECAME DUKE, AND HOW HIS BARONS REVOLTED AGAINST HIM.

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CHAPTER II. - HOW THE KING OF FRANCE CAME; AND OF THE BATTLE THAT WAS FOUGHT AT VAL DES DUNES.

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CHAPTER III. - HOW CANUTE DIED, AND ALFRED FELL BY TREASON; AND HOW EDWARD AFTERWARDS BECAME KING.

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CHAPTER IV. - THE REVOLT OF WILLIAM OF ARQUES; AND HOW HE AND THE KING OF FRANCE WERE FOILED BY DUKE WILLIAM.

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CHAPTER V. - HOW THE KING OF FRANCE INVADED NORMANDY, AND WAS BEATEN AT MORTEMER.

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_de_Rou

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en

Duration

~6 hours (400K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.)

Release date

Oct 24, 2012

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Wace

Wace

A 12th-century poet from Jersey, this Anglo-Norman writer helped shape how medieval readers imagined both Britain and Normandy. His lively verse retellings spread Arthurian legend to a wide audience and left a lasting mark on later literature.

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