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 The octosyllable or octosyllabic verse is a line of verse with eight syllables. It is equivalent to tetrameter verse in trochees in languages with a stress accent. Its first occurrence is in a 10th-century Old French saint's legend, the '' Vie d ...
Anglo-Norman 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
Barking () who was a
bastard of
Henry II
Henry II may refer to:
Kings
* Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (972–1024), crowned King of Germany in 1002, of Italy in 1004 and Emperor in 1014
*Henry II of England (1133–89), reigned from 1154
*Henry II of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1271–1 ...
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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, Alfonso X of Castile ''El Sabio'' (1221–1284). T ...
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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 po ...
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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