Court and culture in Renaissance Scotland
Subtitle: Sir David Lindsay of the Mount
By: Carol Edington.
Series: Massachusetts studies in early modern culture
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Lindsay, David, Sir, fl. 1490-1555.; Politics and literature -- Scotland -- History -- 16th century.; Christianity and literature -- History -- 16th century.; Authors, Scottish -- To 1700 -- Biography.; Reformers -- Scotland -- Biography.; Renaissance -- Scotland.; Scotland -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century.; Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.; Scotland -- Church history -- 16th century.
Description: Sir David Lindsay of the Mount (1486-1555) is a key figure in the history of Scottish literature and in any wider analysis of the Renaissance period. To date, studies have concentrated largely on Lindsay the poet or Lindsay the religious reformer, approaches that neglect his greater import. By locating him more precisely within a historical, political, and religious context, this book illuminates both Lindsay's own work and the ideas that helped shape Scottish culture during his time.

The volume is divided into three parts. The first addresses Lindsay's career, tracing his service at the courts of James IV and James V and his involvement in the religious controversies of the period. The second looks at Lindsay as political thinker, examining his conceptions of such issues as kingship and commonweal. The third discusses Lindsay's poetry in light of the religious climate in Scotland on the eve of the Reformation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-272) and index.