Court and culture in Renaissance Scotland : Sir David Lindsay of the Mount / Carol Edington.

By:

Edington, Carol, 1965-

Series: Massachusetts studies in early modern culturePublication details: Amherst, MA : University of Massachusetts Press, c1994.Description: x, 276 p. : illus. ; hbk ; 24 cmISBN:

0870239341 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

821.2/EDI

Contents:

Part 1 : Sir David Lindsay of the Mount : his life and career. Background and beginnings:1486-1530 -- A heraldic career: 1530-1555 -- Success and survival:1530-1555.

Part 2 : The Art of Government: Kingship and Commonweal Kings and Kingship -- Courtly visions: court poet and pageant master -- Community and commonweal.

Part 3 : Reform and Reformation : The Church Poetry. humanism and reform : the early works -- Controversy and conflict: 1530-1555 -- Returning to the fray: politics and prophecy.

Appendix 1 : A summary of Lindsay's works -- Appendix 2 : The Lindsay family tree.

Summary: Sir David Lindsay of the Mount (1486-1555) is a key figure in the history of Scottish literature and in any wider analysis of the Renaissance period. To date, studies have concentrated largely on Lindsay the poet or Lindsay the religious reformer, approaches that neglect his greater import. By locating him more precisely within a historical, political, and religious context, this book illuminates both Lindsay's own work and the ideas that helped shape Scottish culture during his time. The volume is divided into three parts. The first addresses Lindsay's career, tracing his service at the courts of James IV and James V and his involvement in the religious controversies of the period. The second looks at Lindsay as political thinker, examining his conceptions of such issues as kingship and commonweal. The third discusses Lindsay's poetry in light of the religious climate in Scotland on the eve of the Reformation.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-272) and index.

Part 1 : Sir David Lindsay of the Mount : his life and career.

Background and beginnings:1486-1530 --
A heraldic career: 1530-1555 --
Success and survival:1530-1555.

Part 2 : The Art of Government: Kingship and Commonweal

Kings and Kingship --
Courtly visions: court poet and pageant master --
Community and commonweal.

Part 3 : Reform and Reformation : The Church

Poetry. humanism and reform : the early works --
Controversy and conflict: 1530-1555 --
Returning to the fray: politics and prophecy.

Appendix 1 : A summary of Lindsay's works --
Appendix 2 : The Lindsay family tree.

Sir David Lindsay of the Mount (1486-1555) is a key figure in the history of Scottish literature and in any wider analysis of the Renaissance period. To date, studies have concentrated largely on Lindsay the poet or Lindsay the religious reformer, approaches that neglect his greater import. By locating him more precisely within a historical, political, and religious context, this book illuminates both Lindsay's own work and the ideas that helped shape Scottish culture during his time. The volume is divided into three parts. The first addresses Lindsay's career, tracing his service at the courts of James IV and James V and his involvement in the religious controversies of the period. The second looks at Lindsay as political thinker, examining his conceptions of such issues as kingship and commonweal. The third discusses Lindsay's poetry in light of the religious climate in Scotland on the eve of the Reformation.

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