The Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland; Or, a Metrical Version of the History of Hector Boece - Volume 3
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Hector Boece
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls
ISBN-10
110804266X
ISBN-13
9781108042666
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
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GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 15th, 2012
Print length
678 Pages
Weight
980 grams
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22.90 x 15.20 x 3.80 cms
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British & Irish historyEuropean history
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Hector Boece (c.1465–1536) studied in Dundee and Paris. His Scotorum historia, covering the period 330 BCE to 1437, was published in 1527, and translated into French and Scots by royal command. This verse translation was completed by the courtier William Stewart in 1535, but not published until 1858.
Hector Boece (c.1465–1536) was a Scottish humanist historian, educated in Dundee and Paris, where he became a friend of Erasmus. His Scotorum historia, covering the period from 330 BCE until 1437, was published in 1527, and rapidly translated into French and Scots. It was continued by several authors, indicating that it was accepted as a definitive account of the formation of Scottish national identity, though, inevitably, many of the earlier parts rely on legend and tradition rather than on historical sources. Dedicated to James V, it is biased in favour of his ancestors, and, via Holinshed, was the source for Shakespeare's Macbeth. This verse translation was completed for James by the courtier William Stewart in 1535, but not published until the Rolls Series edition by W. B. Turnbull in 1858. Volume 3, on the period from Malcolm II to the death of James I, also contains an extensive glossary.
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