Brother Robert

Almost nothing is known of Brother Robert, not even his nationality; his name and a few clues suggest that he was Anglo-Norman. A cleric in Norway during the reign of Hákon Hákonarson, from 1217 to 1263, he had French works rendered into Old Norse at the king's request, perhaps from one of the Cistercian abbeys of Lyse or Hovedøya, which had close ties with England. The only other work that bears his name is the Elis saga, where he is called abbot; anonymous Arthurian sagas and the collection of lays Strengleikar are sometimes attributed to him.

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• NovelThe Saga of Tristram and ÍsöndTristrams saga ok ÍsöndarBrother Robert · 1226Literature