Wace
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"Hence Romance was first merely a general designation applied to works written in the vernacular as opposed to those composed in Latin; and was often applied to real history. Its first application to an epic poem was in the title of Wace's "Roman du Brut.""--History of Fiction (1814) by John Colin Dunlop |
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His extant works include the Roman de Brut, a verse history of Britain, the Roman de Rou, and other works in verse, including the Lives of Margaret the Virgin and Saint Nicholas.
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