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These six poems explore some of the courtly and chivalric themes that preoccupied late medieval Scottish society. The volume includes Sir David Lyndsay's Historie and Testament of Squyer Meldrum, as well as his Answer to the Kingis Flyting; and three anonymous fifteenth-century poems: Balletis of the Nine Nobles, Complaint for the Death of Margaret, Princess of Scotland, and Talis of the Fyve Bestes.

Table of Contents
General Introduction
The Balletis of the Nine Nobles
Complaint for the Death of Margaret, Princess of Scotland
The Talis of the Fyve Bestes
Biography of Sir David Lyndsay
Answer to the Kingis Flyting
Introduction to the Squyer Meldrum Poems
The Historie of Squyer Meldrum
The Testament of Squyer Meldrum
The Historie of Squyer Meldrum Notes
The Testament of Squyer Meldrum Notes
Appendix: Lawson and Haldane Family Trees
Bibliography

Six Scottish Courtly and Chivalric Poems,

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      Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/09/2018
      ISBN13: 9781580443326, 978-1580443326
      ISBN10: 158044332X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      These six poems explore some of the courtly and chivalric themes that preoccupied late medieval Scottish society. The volume includes Sir David Lyndsay's Historie and Testament of Squyer Meldrum, as well as his Answer to the Kingis Flyting; and three anonymous fifteenth-century poems: Balletis of the Nine Nobles, Complaint for the Death of Margaret, Princess of Scotland, and Talis of the Fyve Bestes.

      Table of Contents
      General Introduction
      The Balletis of the Nine Nobles
      Complaint for the Death of Margaret, Princess of Scotland
      The Talis of the Fyve Bestes
      Biography of Sir David Lyndsay
      Answer to the Kingis Flyting
      Introduction to the Squyer Meldrum Poems
      The Historie of Squyer Meldrum
      The Testament of Squyer Meldrum
      The Historie of Squyer Meldrum Notes
      The Testament of Squyer Meldrum Notes
      Appendix: Lawson and Haldane Family Trees
      Bibliography

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