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

Chapters

34 total
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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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Language

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

2012-10-24

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Wace

Wace

A 12th-century Norman poet from Jersey, he helped shape how medieval readers imagined Britain and Normandy. His lively verse retellings spread stories of King Arthur and the Norman dukes to a wide audience.

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