Geoffrey Gaimar

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• Geoffrey Gaimar — (flourished 1140?), was an Anglo Norman chronicler. Gaimar s most significant contribution to medieval literature and history is as a translator from Old English to Anglo Norman. His L Estoire des Engles translates extensive portions of the Anglo …   Wikipedia

• Geoffrey Gaimar — Geoffroy Gaimar Geoffroy Gaimar (actif v. 1140 ?) était un chroniqueur anglo normand du XIIe siècle. La contribution la plus significative de Geoffroy Gaimar à la littérature et à l’histoire médiévales est comme traducteur de vieil anglais… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Gaimar — Gaimar, Guaimar, or Waimar is a Germanic given name that historically could refer to: *Guaimar I of Salerno *Guaimar II of Salerno *Guaimar III of Salerno *Guaimar IV of Salerno *Guaimar II of Amalfi *Geoffrey Gaimar …   Wikipedia

• Gaimar, Geoffrey — (fl. 1140?)    Chronicler, translated the chronicle of Geoffrey of Monmouth into French verse for the wife of his patron, Ralph Fitz Gilbert, and added a continuation dealing with the Saxon Kings. His work is entitled L Estoire des Engles …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Geoffrey of Monmouth — (1100? 1154)    Chronicler, was probably a Benedictine monk, and became Bishop of St. Asaph. He wrote a Latin History of British Kings. Merlin s Prophecies, long attributed to him, is now held to be not genuine. The history is rather a historical …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Geoffroy Gaimar — (actif vers 1136 1137), est un chroniqueur et poète anglo normand du XIIe siècle. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Œuvres 3 Voir aussi …   Wikipédia en Français

• Osberht of Northumbria — Osberht (died 21 March 867) was king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century. Sources on Northumbrian history in this period are limited. Osberht s descent is not known and the dating of his reign is problematic. Contents 1 Chronicles 2… …   Wikipedia

• Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile — Agatha was the wife of Edward the Exile (heir to the throne of England) and mother of Edgar Ætheling, Saint Margaret of Scotland and Cristina of England. Her antecedents are unclear, and subject to much speculation.LifeNothing is known of her… …   Wikipedia

• Havelok the Dane — also known as Havelok or Lay of Havelok the Dane , is a Middle English romance story. The story, however, is also known in two earlier Anglo Norman versions. Most scholars place Havelok the Dane at the end of the thirteenth century, between 1280 …   Wikipedia

• Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon — (died 971) was an English West Country landowner notable as a presumed close advisor of Edgar the Peaceful, king of England, and as the father of Ælfthryth, the king s third wife and mother of Æthelred the Unready. Ordgar was created an Ealdorman …   Wikipedia