William the Trouvère
Anglo-Norman translator (fl. 1150–1200)
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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 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 (c. 1175–1195) who was a bastard of Henry II.[1]
