Estoire des Engleis
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estoire-des-engleis-223-3183436
title:
Estoire des Engleis
text:
Estoire des Engleis is a chronicle of English history composed by Geffrei Gaimar. Written for the wife of a landholder in Lincolnshire and Hampshire, it is the oldest known history chronicle in the French language. Scholars have proposed various dates for the chronicle's writing; the middle-to-late 1130s is commonly accepted. Largely based upon, or directly translated from, pre-existing chronicles, the Estoire des Engleis documents English history from the 495 landing of Cerdic of Wessex to the
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12th-century English chronicle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoire_des_Engleis
date created:
2015-05-24T16:01:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T11:15:36Z
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