Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Abbreviations viii
5. Introduction Wace: His Life and Times 1
6. Part I Wace: Hagiographer
7. INTRODUCTION: DATES AND CONTEXT 11
8. 1 La Vie de sainte Marguerite 13
9. 2 La Conception Nostre Dame 30
10. 3 La Vie de saint Nicolas 51
11. CONCLUSION 79
12. Part II Le Roman de Brut
13. INTRODUCTION 81
14. 4 Manuscripts, Sources and Adaptation Principles 85
15. 5 Britain, Rome and the House of Constantine 108
16. 6 King Arthur and the Passage of Dominion 125
17. CONCLUSION 151
18. Part III Le Roman de Rou
19. INTRODUCTION: MANUSCRIPTS, SOURCES, STRUCTURE 153
20. 7 The Ancestors of William the Conqueror 160
21. 8 William II of Normandy – the Conqueror 209
22. 9 The Aftermath of Hastings 253
23. CONCLUSION: THE EPILOGUE 275
24. Conclusion 279
25. Select Bibliography 287
26. Index 297