About Étienne de Rouen
Lived 1150 – 1169 (aged 18–19). Étienne de Rouen was a French monk, historian and poet.
Étienne de Rouen (died ), also Stephen of Rouen and , was a Norman Benedictine monk of Bec Abbey of the twelfth century, and a chronicler and poet.
The dukes of Normandy commissioned and inspired epic literature to record and legitimise their rule, and Wace, Orderic Vitalis and Stephen were among those who wrote in their service. Stephen is known for his Latin verse chronicle ("Standard of the Normans"), a chronicle running from the eleventh century to 1169; it draws on Dudo of St. Quentin and William of Jumièges.: Poetically it is supposed that he was influenced by the Ilias of Simon Chèvre d'Or.
Stephen's work includes an elegy addressed to Waleran, Earl of Worcester, and he also made an abridgement of Quintilian.
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Who was Étienne de Rouen?
Norman chronicler
When was Étienne de Rouen born?
Étienne de Rouen was born in 1150 in Rouen.
When did Étienne de Rouen die?
Étienne de Rouen died in 1169.
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Étienne de Rouen was a monk, historian and poet.
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Étienne de Rouen was French.
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