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Book Chapter
The Marshal and His Scribe
2024
Overview
If the memoirs can be reasonably dated to the eight months Villehardouin spent in Constantinople during the winter and spring of 1207-8, neither the scribe (or scribes) nor the conditions under which they were recorded are known, though it seems likely that he would have dictated to a cleric from Champagne who spoke his dialect. The marshal was familiar with the process of recording proceedings at court. Shortly after he became marshal, for example, he witnessed Countess Marie confirm the resolution of a property dispute involving the leper house in Troyes. A court notary, using shorthand or rapid writing (tachygraphy),
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Subject
ISBN
9781501773495, 1501773496
