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Gesta Normannorum Ducum

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Gesta Normannorum Ducum (Deeds of the Norman Dukes) is a chronicle originally created by the monk William of Jumièges just before 1060. [1]

18 relations: Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Chronicle, Draco Normannicus, Duchy of Normandy, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, England, Henry I of England, Jules Lair, Jumièges Abbey, Monastery, Norman conquest of England, Orderic Vitalis, Robert Curthose, Robert of Torigni, Roman de Rou, Wace, William of Jumièges, William the Conqueror.

Benoît de Sainte-Maure

Benoît de Sainte-Maure (died 1173) was a 12th-century French poet, most probably from Sainte-Maure de Touraine near Tours, France.

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Chronicle

A chronicle (chronica, from Greek χρονικά, from χρόνος, chronos, "time") is a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronological order, as in a time line.

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Draco Normannicus

The Draco Normannicus is a chronicle written circa 1167-1169 by Stephen of Rouen (Étienne de Rouen), a Norman Benedictine monk from Bec-Hellouin.

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Duchy of Normandy

The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and Rollo, leader of the Vikings.

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Dudo of Saint-Quentin

Dudo, or Dudon, was a Norman historian, and dean of Saint-Quentin, where he was born about 965.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Henry I of England

Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death.

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Jules Lair

Jules–Auguste Lair (25 May 1836 – 16 May 1907) was a French lawyer, businessman and scholar.

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Jumièges Abbey

Jumièges Abbey was a Benedictine monastery, situated in the commune of Jumièges in the Seine-Maritime département, in Normandy, France.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Orderic Vitalis

Orderic Vitalis (Ordericus Vitalis; 1075 –) was an English chronicler and Benedictine monk who wrote one of the great contemporary chronicles of 11th- and 12th-century Normandy and Anglo-Norman England.

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Robert Curthose

Robert Curthose (3 February 1134), sometimes called Robert II or Robert III, was the Duke of Normandy from 1087 until 1106 and an unsuccessful claimant to the throne of the Kingdom of England.

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Robert of Torigni

Robert of Torigni (also known as Roburtus de Monte) (c.1110–1186) was a Norman monk, prior, abbot and an important twelfth century chronicler.

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Roman de Rou

Roman de Rou is a verse chronicle by Wace in Norman covering the history of the Dukes of Normandy from the time of Rollo of Normandy to the battle of Tinchebray in 1106.

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Wace

Wace (1110 – after 1174), sometimes referred to as Robert Wace, 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.

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William of Jumièges

William of Jumièges (Guillaume de Jumièges) was a contemporary of the events of 1066, and one of the earliest writers on the subject of the Norman conquest of England.

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William the Conqueror

William I (c. 1028Bates William the Conqueror p. 33 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta_Normannorum_Ducum

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