The Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal is a near-contemporary Anglo-Norman biography of the English nobleman, William Marshal. In terms of genre it is therefore something of a rarity for its period, as
L'Histoire de Guillaume le Marechal
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke was a medieval English nobleman and one of the sureties of Magna Carta. He fought during the First Barons' War and was present at the Battle of Lincoln alongside
Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal
…have existed from medieval library catalogues. Paul Meyer in his edition of the History calculated that the author commenced his work for his patron William Marshal the Younger in 1224, when the young earl left to take up his appointment as justiciar of Ireland and worked on it till the summer of 1226. David Crouch's analysis…
Possible tomb effigy of William Marshal in Temple Church, London