Gaimar, Geoffrey

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.

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