Geoffrey Gaimar

Geoffrey Gaimar (fl. 1130s),[1] also written Geffrei or Geoffroy, was an Anglo-Norman chronicler. His contribution to medieval literature and history was as a translator from Old English to Anglo-Norman. His L'Estoire des Engleis, or History of the English People, written about 1136–1140,[2] was a chronicle in eight-syllable rhyming couplets, running to 6,526 lines.[2]

  1. ^ "Gaimar, Geffrei (fl. 1136–1137), Anglo-Norman poet and historian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10281. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 24 December 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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