About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 20. Chapters: Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, James Kennedy, Donald Campbell, Andrew Stewart, Robert Crichton, Thomas Lauder, Thomas Livingston, George Brown, John de Ralston, John Scotus, Robert de Cardeny, Robert Cockburn, Alexander Inglis, James Paton, James Livingston, John de Carrick, George Haliburton, Richard de Inverkeithing, William Turnbull, Alexander Lauder, William Sinclair, Henry Guthrie, Peter Rollock, James Bruce, Domhnall MacNeachdainn, John de Peebles, Robert Sinclair, George Crichton, John de Leche, Richard of Dunkeld, Matthew de Crambeth, Robert de Stuteville, Walter de Bidun, Geoffrey de Liberatione, Richard de Pilmuir, Alexander Lindsay of Evelick, James Nicolson, Gregoir of Dunkeld, Donnchadh de Strathearn, Matthew the Scot, Gilbert of Dunkeld, Michael de Monymusk, William the Dean, John Luce, John de Leicester, Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray, Robert de Den, John Hamilton of Blair, William Lindsay of Dovehill, Hugh de Sigillo, Andrew Bruce, Richard de Prebenda, Hugh de Stirling, Andrew Umfray. Excerpt: Gavin Douglas (c. 1474 - September 1522) was a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, it is for his poetry that he is now chiefly remembered. His principal pioneering achievement was the Eneados, a full and faithful vernacular translation of the Aeneid of Virgil and the first successful example of its kind in the British Isles. Other extant poetry includes his Palice of Honour and possibly King Hart. Douglas was educated at St Salvator's College, St Andrews and was a friend and correspondent of many of the internationally renowned men of his age, including Polydore Vergil, John Major, Cardinal Wolsey and Henry, 3rd Lord Sinclair. Because of his powerful family connections and role in high public life, he is the best-documented of the early Scottish makars. Indeed, ...
