The Rose and the Thistle
Essays on the Culture of Late Medieval and Renaissance Scotland
Published on 1. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-898410-57-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume examines a period of profound change in Scottish cultural history, in which ideas of sovereignty, religion and national identity were all subject to change and redefinition. The eight essays focus on literature, festivities, documents and letters.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Illustrations
b&w illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
405 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-898410-57-7 (9781898410577)
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Content
The Royal entry in 16th-century Scotland, Douglas Gray; troubled times - Margaret Tudor and the historians, Louise Fradenburg; crossing the border - Scottish poetry and English readers in the 16th century, Priscilla Bawcutt; early modern Scottish literature and the parameters of culture, A.A. MacDonald; the Scottish court and the Scottish sonnet at the union of the crowns, Michael G.H. Spiller; folkloric patterns in Scottish chronicles, Juliette Wood; the relationship between "Scotorum historia" of Hector Boece and John Bellenden's "Chronicles of Scotland", Nicola Royan; Shakespeare and Scottish kingship - a case history, Sally Mapstone.