The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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John Byam Liston Shaw is in Painters.
On 13th November 1872 John Byam Liston Shaw was born in Madras aka Chennai, India. The son of John Shaw, registrar of the High Court at Madras, and his wife, Sophia Alicia Byam Gunthorpe.
In 1878 John Byam Liston Shaw (age 5), with his family returned to England and lived at 103 Holland Row.
1894. John Byam Liston Shaw (age 21). "Slent Noon".
1896. John Byam Liston Shaw (age 23). "Jezebel". The painting, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896, originally depicted Jezebel nude, flanked by her hand-maidens. The model was Rachel Lee, a close friend of Byam Shaw. Unable to sell the painting, he later reworked it so that the central figure was shown clothed.
1897. John Byam Liston Shaw (age 24). "Love's Baubles".
In 1899 John Byam Liston Shaw (age 26) and Evelyn Caroline Eunice Pyke-Nott (age 28) were married.
1901. John Byam Liston Shaw (age 28). "Such is Life".
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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1901. John Byam Liston Shaw (age 28). "The Boer War". The subtitle for this painting referring to the Second Boer War (1899–1902) is 'Last summer green things were greener, brambles fewer, the blue sky bluer', from Christina Rossetti's poem "A Bird Song".
1903. John Byam Liston Shaw (age 30). "The Fool Who Would Please Every Man".
1903-1904. John Byam Liston Shaw (age 30). "The Prodigal's Return".
1904. John Byam Liston Shaw (age 31). "Margaret Nettlefold before Her Dining Room at Winterbourne".
1911. John Byam Liston Shaw (age 38). "The Woman, the Man and the Serpent".
On 26th January 1919 John Byam Liston Shaw (age 46) died.
On 16th January 1960 [his former wife] Evelyn Caroline Eunice Pyke-Nott (age 89) died.