All four poems are mostly based on _The History of William Marshal_, a verse biography written in the 13th century by someone with access to the Marshal's household as sources. It's a biography written from within the knightly class rather than by clerics, unlike practically everything else we have from then.
All four poems are mostly based on _The History of William Marshal_, a verse biography written in the 13th century by someone with access to the Marshal's household as sources. It's a biography written from within the knightly class rather than by clerics, unlike practically everything else we have from then.