Siege of Caerlaverock (poem)

The Siege of Caerlaverock (Le Siege de Karlaverok or Song of Caerlaverock) is a work written in Old French about the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300 by King Edward I during the First War of Scottish Independence. The poem of 956 lines survives in a manuscript now held in the British Library in London.[1] It was used by Michael Prestwich to characterise the army of Edward I.[2] It pays great attention to heraldry (being in large part a roll of arms in verse), and may have been written by a herald.[3]

The poem was edited and translated into modern English by Nicholas Harris Nicolas in 1828.[4] An improved edition and translation was published by Thomas Wright in 1864.[5] A verse translation was published by C. W. Scott-Giles in 1960, with heraldic illustrations by Royman Browne: this is described by the translator as "somewhat condensed", and as "an attempt to capture the spirit of the rime, not to translate it word for word".[6]

References

  1. ↑ Tyson, Diana B. (2002-01-01). "The Siege of Caerlaverock: A Re-examination". Nottingham Medieval Studies. 46 (1): 45–69. doi:10.1484/j.nms.3.335. ISSN 0078-2122.
  2. ↑ Prestwich, Michael. Edward I. Yale University Press. p. 487. ISBN 978-0300071573.
  3. ↑ Tyson, Diana B. (2007-01-01). "'Surrender to King Henry!' A new poem on the siege of Thérouanne in 1513". Nottingham Medieval Studies. 51 (1): 181–200. doi:10.1484/j.nms.3.413. ISSN 0078-2122.
  4. ↑ Nicolas, Nicholas Harris (2018) [1828]. The Siege of Carlaverock. Franklin Classics. ISBN 978-0342821631.
  5. ↑ The Roll of Arms of the Princes, Barons, and Knights who attended King Edward I to the Siege of Caerlaverock, in 1300. Translated by Wright, Thomas. London: John Camden Hotten. 1864.
  6. ↑ The Siege of Caerlaverock. Translated by Scott-Giles, C. W. London: The Heraldry Society. 1960.
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