Article: History of William Marshall, vol 1: Text and Translation (ll. 1-10031).(Book Review)

History of William Marshall, vol 1: Text and Translation (II. 1-10031). Ed by A. J. HOLDEN, with English translation by S. GREGORY and historical notes by D. CROUCH London: Anglo Norman Text Society 2002 vi+509 pp. 49 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-90547-44-2.

William Marshall (c. 1145-1219), a paragon of chivalry, was constantly associated with centres of power during the latter part of the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth, and was closely involved in the military and political events of those turbulent years Shortly after his death his eldest son commissioned a certain 'Johans' to write a verse chronicle of his father's life. Only one manuscript ...

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