William (; ), later called William the Trouvère, was an English poet. He translated tales from the Latin ''Miracles of the Virgin'' into Anglo-Norman verse.
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William was first called Adgar but became more commonly known as William. Working at the instance of one Gregory, his friend, he translated over forty tales into
octosyllabic Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to:
*Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066
* Anglo-Norman language
**Anglo-Norman literature
* Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 10 ...
verse, from the Latin collection of ''Miracles of the Virgin'' which he found in the ''
almarie'' or bookcase of
St. Paul's. His collection of some forty-nine tales, entitled ''Gracial'',
[BL, Egerton MS. 612; BL, Add. MS. 38664; Dulwich College, MS. 22.] was dedicated to one Maud, "dame Mahaut", most likely the abbess of
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() who was a daughter of Henry II born out of wedlock.
See also
* ''
Cantigas de Santa Maria
The ''Cantigas de Santa Maria'' (, ; "Canticles of Holy Mary") are 420 poems with musical notation, written in the medieval Galician-Portuguese language during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile ''El Sabio'' (1221–1284). Traditionally, they a ...
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The Miracles of Our Lady''
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Trouvère
''Trouvère'' (, ), sometimes spelled ''trouveur'' (, ), is the Northern French ('' langue d'oïl'') form of the '' langue d'oc'' (Occitan) word ''trobador'', the precursor of the modern French word ''troubadour''. ''Trouvère'' refers to poet ...
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Further reading
* Ibáñez Rodríguez, Miguel (1997–1998)
«Le Gracial de Adgar y los Milagros de Nuestra Señora de Gonzalo de Berceo. Estudio comparativo» ''C.I.F.'', XXIII–XXIV. pp. 163–183.
* Kunstmann, Pierre, ed. (1982).
Adgar: Le Gracial'. Ottawa: Editions de l'Université d'Ottawa.
* Kuntsmann, Pierre (2017). "Adgar (The ''Gracial'')". In Echard, Sian; Rouse, Robert (eds.).
The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain'' John Wiley & Sons. pp. 238, 1292–1293. .
* Legge, Mary Dominica (1963).
Anglo-Norman Literature and Its Background'. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 187–191.
* Mussafia, A. (1887)
"Studien zu mittelalterlichen Marienlegenden" In ''Kaiserliche Academie der Wissenschaften, Sitzungsbericht'' (''Phil. Hist. Classe''), vol. cxiii, no. 2. Vienna. p. 917.
* Vollmöller, Karl (1883). "Die Adgarlegenden". In ''Romane Forschungen''
Vol. 1 Erlangen: Andreas Deichert. p. 183.
* Ward, Henry Leigh Douglas (1893). ''Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum''
Vol. 2 London: Longmans & Co.; Asher & Co.; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.; The Oxford University Press. p. 592.
* Wright, Thomas (1846). "William the Trouvere". In ''Biographia Britannica Literaria''
Vol. 2: ''Anglo-Norman Period'' London: John W. Parker. pp. 464–465.
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12th-century English writers
12th-century English poets
Anglo-Norman literature