Abstract
King’s College has a prehistory. Dr Jackson Armstrong sheds new light on the founding of King’s College as a kingdom-building endeavour that underscored Scottish engagement with the age of the renaissance. This involved the tenure of Archdeacon John Barbour at the medieval cathedral of St Machar’s by the Don, who in the 1380s composed The Brus—an epic poem that is considered to be the foundational work of Scots literature—and in the chantry chaplains of St Nicholas in the adjacent royal burgh on the Dee.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Aberdeen |
Publisher | University of Aberdeen |
Media of output | Online |
Publication status | Published - 25 Nov 2020 |