Six Scottish Courtly and Chivalric Poems, Including Lyndsay’s Squyer Meldrum

Edited by Rhiannon Purdie Edited by Emily Wingfield

Book cover: Six Scottish Courtly and Chivalric Poems, Including Lyndsay’s Squyer Meldrum

Extent: 304 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(September 2018)

ISBN: 9781580443326

8.27 x 10.24 inches

Price: $19.95

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Hardback (Published)

(September 2018)

ISBN: 9781580443425

8.27 x 10.24 inches

Price: $89.00

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PDF (Published)

(September 2018)

ISBN: 9781580444101

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These six poems — including Sir David Lyndsay’s Squyer Meldrum and three anonymous works — explore some of the courtly and chivalric themes that preoccupied late medieval Scottish society.


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.

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,

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
  • Edited by Rhiannon Purdie
  • Edited by Emily Wingfield