TY - BOOK AU - Edington,Carol TI - Court and culture in Renaissance Scotland: Sir David Lindsay of the Mount T2 - Massachusetts studies in early modern culture SN - 0870239341 (alk. paper) U1 - 821.2/EDI PY - 1994/// CY - Amherst, MA PB - University of Massachusetts Press KW - Lindsay, David, KW - Politics and literature KW - Scotland KW - History KW - 16th century KW - Christianity and literature KW - Authors, Scottish KW - To 1700 KW - Biography KW - Reformers KW - Renaissance KW - Court and courtiers KW - Intellectual life KW - Church history N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -