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See also:GUILLAUME DE PALERME (See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM of PALERNE) , See also:hero of See also:romance. The See also:French See also:verse romance was written at the See also:desire of a Countess See also:Yolande, generally identified with Yolande, daughter of See also:Baldwin IV., See also:count of See also:Flanders. The See also:English poem in alliterative verse was written about 1350 by a poet called William, at the desire of See also:Humphrey See also:Bohun, See also:earl of See also:Hereford, (d. 1361). Guillaume, a foundling supposed to be of See also:low degree, is brought up at the See also:court of the See also:emperor of See also:Rome, and loves his daughter Melior who is destined for a See also:Greek See also:prince. The lovers flee into the See also:woods disguised in See also:bear-skins. Alfonso, who is Guillaume's See also:cousin and a See also:Spanish prince, has been changed into a See also:wolf by his step-See also:mother's enchantments. He provides See also:food and See also:protection for the fugitives, and Guillaume eventually triumphs over Alfonso's See also:father, and wins back from him his See also:kingdom. The benevolent See also:werwolf is disenchanted, and marries Guillaume's See also:sister.
See Guillaume de Palerne, ed. H. Michelant (See also:Soc. d. anc. textes fr., 1876) ; Hist. litt. de la See also:France, xxii. 829; William of Palerme, ed. See also:Sir F. See also:Madden (See also:Roxburghe See also:Club, 1832), and W. W. See also:Skeat (E. E. See also:Text Soc., extra See also:series No. 1, 1867) ; M. Kaluza, in Eng. Studien (See also:Heilbronn, iv. 196). The See also:prose version of the French romance, printed by N. Bonfons, passed through several See also:editions.
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