Table of Contents

Introduction: Poets `of this Natioun' - Priscilla Bawcutt and Janet Hadley Williams
Late Medieval Scotland: a Study in Contrasts -
`I will my proces hald': Making Sense of Scottish Lives and the Desire for History in Barbour, Wyntoun and Blind Hary - R James Goldstein
`Mark your Meroure be Me': Richard Holland's Buke of the Howlat - Nicola Royan
The Kingis Quair and other poems of Bodleian Library MS Arch. Selden. B. 24 - Julia Boffey
`Of Wisdome and of Guide Governance': Sir Gilbert Hay and The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour - Joanna Martin
Henryson's Morall Fabillis: Structure and Meaning - Roderick J Lyall
Orpheus and Eurydice and The Testament of Cresseid: Robert Henryson's `fine poetical way' - Anne McKim
Religious Verse in Medieval Scotland - Priscilla Bawcutt
William Dunbar - John A. Burrow
Gavin Douglas - Douglas Gray
Medieval Romance in Scotland -
Sir David Lyndsay - Janet Hadley Williams
Guide to Further Reading
Index of Manuscripts
General Index

About the Author

PRISCILLA BAWCUTT, honorary professor at the University of Liverpool, was one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars of Older Scots. She edited The Poems of William Dunbar for the Association of Scottlish Literary Studies (1997/8), and The Shorter Poems of Gavin Douglas for the Scottish Text Society (revised 2003); she has written very widely and deeply on all aspects of Older Scots literature, includingher foundational study, Gavin Douglas (1976). IAN C. CUNNINGHAM, former Keeper of Manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland, has published extensively on Latin and Older Scots manuscripts, and edited and translated Theophrastus JULIA BOFFEY is Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of English at Queen Mary University of London. PRISCILLA BAWCUTT, honorary professor at the University of Liverpool, was one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars of Older Scots. She edited The Poems of William Dunbar for the Association of Scottlish Literary Studies (1997/8), and The Shorter Poems of Gavin Douglas for the Scottish Text Society (revised 2003); she has written very widely and deeply on all aspects of Older Scots literature, includingher foundational study, Gavin Douglas (1976). IAN C. CUNNINGHAM, former Keeper of Manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland, has published extensively on Latin and Older Scots manuscripts, and edited and translated Theophrastus

Reviews

Simply put, this is the most important essay collection on early Scottish poetry published in recent years. It is, however, more than that. A Companion to Medieval Scottish Poetry lives up to its title in that it is truly a companion for anyone wanting more insight into his or her reading of the poetry of medieval Scotland. [...] What all of the essays share is a similar balance of review and insight combined with a coherence and clarity that makes them accessible for the specialist and non-specialist alike. This is an important volume that is not to be missed, and we owe the editors a debt of gratitude for not just responding to the urgent need for an overview of the field of medieval Scottish poetry but for producing a work of consistently high quality.
*INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SCOTTISH STUDIES*

What we have here is in the truest sense a 'companion', a thoughtful guide and help to students newly approaching this fascinating field.
*SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW*

Offers a comprehensive guide to early Scots vernacular literature. Illustrated with copious references, it should prove especially useful as a reference point for students and scholars from neighbouring disciplines.[...]This volume supplies a significant and rewarding introduction to the rich literary culture of late medieval Scotland.
*JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY*

Can be recommended to students, and others, with confidence. There are indeed some wondrously good essays in it, and...others would do well to match its execution and quality.
*INNES REVIEW*

A welcome addition to the Boydell & Brewer Companion list. [...] Will be valued by students and scholars alike for its excellent contribution to the field of Scottish literature. MEDIUM AEVUM The most significant publication this year in the world of Middle Scots poetry.
*YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES, 2008*