A Palace in the Wild

Essays on Vernacular Culture and Humanism in Late-Medieval and Renaissance Scotland

edited by L.A.J.R. Houwen, A.A. MacDonald and S.L. Mapstone

Extent: 281 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Mediaevalia Groningana

Series volume number: 1

Language: English

(Paperback) (Published)

(October 2000)

ISBN: 9789042908994

Price: $63.00

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The essays in this collection share an overall purpose : they aim to shed new light on Scottish culture during the century and a half (1475-1625) which saw the full emergence of Scotland as a player on the European political and cultural stages. Throughout the book, awareness of the larger European background is considered an essential element in the proper appraisal of the productions of Scottish culture. Topics discussed include : the Scottish reception of, and participation in, general humanist learning; the impact of Burgundian patterns of late-medieval piety; international diplomacy; courtly culture under Kings James III, IV, V and VI, and Mary Stuart; poetry and politics; law; libraries; and historiography. The contributions in this volume offer innovative contextualisations and interpretations of many canonical works of Scottish culture; at the same time they also seek to expand that canon by examining several less familiar artistic productions. All those interested in the cultural changes inherent in the transition from the late-medieval to the early modern periods, and in the Northern manifestations of the European Renaissance, will find much of interest in this book. In the words of R.L. Stevenson, the cultural achievement of Scotland during this period may be described as constituting a metaphoric “palace in the wild”.

Edited by LAJR Houwen
Edited by AA MacDonald
Edited by SL Mapstone

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