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''The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace'' ((英語:Acts and Deeds of the Illustrious and Valiant Champion Sir William Wallace)), also known as ''The Wallace'', is a long "romantic biographical" poem by the fifteenth-century Scottish ''makar'' of the name Blind Harry probably at some time in the decade before 1488.〔Anne McKim (editor), ''The Wallace'', Canongate Classics, 2003. p.viii〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The execution of Wallace )〕 As the title suggests, it commemorates and eulogises the life and actions of the Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace who lived a century and a half earlier. The poem is historically inaccurate, and mentions several events that never happened. For several hundred years following its publication, ''The Wallace'' was the second most popular book in Scotland after the Bible.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scotland's History - William Wallace )〕 The earliest extant text is a copy made by John Ramsay, 1st Lord Bothwell in 1488, but that copy has no title page and last few pages are missing, with no mention of Blind Harry as its author. The first mention of Blind Harry as the work's author was made by John Mair in his 1521 work ''Historia Majoris Britanniae, tam Angliae quam Scotiae''.〔 It was later republished in the late 18th century by the poet William Hamilton, in contemporary English. This version also went through over 20 editions, with the last published in 1859. ==The Poem== ''The Wallace'' is a long narrative work composed in decasyllabic rhyming couplets.〔(The edition of 1869, edited by John Jamieson )〕 It forms a biography of William Wallace from his boyhood, through his career as a Scots patriot in the First War of Independence until his execution in London in 1305. The poem has some basis in historical fact with descriptions of the Battle of Stirling Bridge and the Battle of Falkirk. The factual elements of the poem are, however, combined with many fictional elements. Wallace is depicted as an ideal hero in the tradition of chivalric romance. He is described as being unfailingly courageous, patriotic, devout and chivalrous. The English are depicted throughout as the natural and irreconcilable enemies of the Scots. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Wallace (poem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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