E. Poetry
Two Planctus
(poems of mourning) survive, one for William Longsword and one for William the
Conqueror. The Longsword planctus has
been printed several times; none of these is considered definitive (it exists
in very different manuscripts). "Complainte
sur la mort de Guillaume Longue-épée." In Le règne
de Louis IV, edited by Philippe Lauer, 319-23. Bibliothèque de l'École
des hautes études 127. Paris: Émile Bouillon, 1900. Also
printed as "Complainte sur l'assassinat de Guillaume Longue-épée,
duc de Normandie." Edited by Jules Lair. Bibliothèque de l'École
des chartes 31 (1870): 389-406. The same
author published transcriptions of two manuscripts, along with excellent facsimiles,
and a reconsituted edition, in Lair, Jules. Étude sur la
vie et la mort de Guillaume Longue-épée, duc de Normandie. Paris:
Picard, 1893. Finally, it was printed as
"Der planctus auf den Normannenherzog Wilhelm Langschwert (942)." Edited
by Phillipp August Becker. Zeitschrift für französische Sprache und
Literatur 63 (1939): 190-97. For facsimiles
of the manuscripts, transcriptions, and the text of the editions, see Planctus
for William Longsword.
And for William the Conqueror,
Dosdat, Monique. "Le deuil du roi Guillaume: Étude critique et étude
du grand planctus sur la mort de Guillaume le Conquérant."
AN 37 (1987): 197-226.
Four latin poems were composed at Rouen around the turn
of the millennium. Warner of Rouen. Moriuht: A Norman Latin
Poem from the Early Eleventh Century. Edited and translated by Christopher
J. McDonough. Studies and Texts 121. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval
Studies, 1995.
Musset, Lucien. "Le satiriste Garnier de Rouen et son milieu (début
du XI siècle)." Revue du Moyen Age latin 10 (1954): 237-66.
Contains the text of another poem by Warner.
Jezebel: A Norman Latin Poem of the Early Eleventh Century. Edited and
translated by Jan Ziolkowski. Humana Civilitas 10. New York: Peter Lang, 1989.
"Semiramis." In Poetic Individuality in the Middle Ages: New Departures
in Poetry, 1000-1150, 2d ed., edited and translated by Peter Dronke. Westfield
Studies in Medieval Studies 1. London: University of London Committee for Medieval
Studies, 1986.