Rewriting the past in Scottish literature, 1350-1550 /

"The Anglo-Scottish Wars of Independence are often treated in historical and poetical works produced in Scotland between the fourteenth and sixteenth century, from chronicles and hagiographical romances to advisory and commemorative poems. Through an examination of such texts, this book explore...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ash-Irisarri, Kate (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : D. S. Brewer, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd., 2025.
Subjects:	Scottish literature > To 1700 > History and criticism. Scotland > History > In literature. Scotland > Foreign relations > In literature. Scottish literature > History and criticism. Littérature écossaise > Jusqu'à 1700 > Histoire et critique. Écosse > Histoire > Dans la littérature. Écosse > Relations extérieures > Dans la littérature. Littérature écossaise > Histoire et critique.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The North Remembers: Identity and Nation across Scotland's Borders
Family Ties: The Politics of Scottish Genealogical Memory
Reassembling Forgotten History: Bower's Scotichronicon at Coupar Angus
Hary's Wallace as a Book of Memory
Memory and Nation in Sir David Lyndsay's The Dreme and The Testament of the Papyngo
Sustaining the 'natiue cuntre': Remembering the Past in The Complaynt of Scotland
Conclusion: Making Stories, Making Memories.