William the Trouvère explained

William (;), later called William the Trouvère, was an English poet. He translated tales from the Latin Miracles of the Virgin into Anglo-Norman verse.^[1]

Works

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 verse, from the Latin collection of Miracles of the Virgin which he found in the almarie or bookcase of St. Paul's.^[2] His collection of some forty-nine tales, entitled Gracial,^[3] was dedicated to one Maud, "dame Mahaut", most likely the abbess of Barking who was a bastard of Henry II.

See also

• Cantigas de Santa Maria
• The Miracles of Our Lady
• Trouvère

Sources

• Hunt. Tony. 2004. Adgar [William] (fl. 1150x1200), Anglo-Norman translator. 29473.

Attribution:

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.

Notes and References

1. Hunt 2004.
2. Bateson 1900, p. 364.
3. BL, Egerton MS. 612; BL, Add. MS. 38664; Dulwich College, MS. 22.