Wace
Robert
[rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (“Wace of Jersey”) c1100–c1180, Anglo-Norman poet born on the Channel Island of Jersey.
Historical Examples
Tales of Space and Time Herbert George Wells
Tales of Space and Time Herbert George Wells
Stories of King Arthur and His Knights U. Waldo Cutler
Tales of Space and Time Herbert George Wells
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 Various
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory George Saintsbury
Feudal England — Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries J.H. Round
The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed
Feudal England — Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries J.H. Round
Feudal England — Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries J.H. Round
noun
Robert. born ?1100, Anglo-Norman poet; author of the Roman de Brut and Roman de Rou
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