Estoire Des Engleis: History of the EnglishGeffrei Gaimar's Estoire des Engleis is the oldest surviving example of historiography in the French vernacular. It was written in Lincolnshire c. 1136 37 and is, in large part, an Anglo Norman verse adaptation of the Anglo Saxon Chronicle. Its narrative covers the period from the sixth century until the death of the Conqueror's son William Rufus in 1100. This is an important text in historiographic terms, less as an historical source than as an early