born с 1100, Jersey, Channel Islands
died after 1174
Anglo-Norman poet.
He is known for his two verse chronicles, the Roman de Brut (1155) and the Roman de Rou (1160–74), named respectively after the reputed founders of the Britons and Normans. The Brut is a romanticized account of Geoffrey of Monmouth 's Historia regum Britanniae , tracing the history of Britain from its founding by the legendary Brutus the Trojan. Its many fanciful additions (including the story of Arthur's Round Table) were important in the development of the Arthurian legend , and its literary style influenced later verse romances. The Rou , commissioned by Henry II of England, is a history of the Norman dukes (с 911–1106).