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William Dunbar, the Glossary

William Dunbar (1459 or 1460 – by 1530) was a Scottish makar, or court poet, active in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.^[1]

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Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city.

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Andrew Forman (11 March 1521) was a Scottish diplomat and prelate who became Bishop of Moray in 1501, Archbishop of Bourges in France, in 1513, Archbishop of St Andrews in 1514 as well as being Commendator of several monasteries. William Dunbar and Andrew Forman are 1460s births, Alumni of the University of St Andrews and court of James IV of Scotland.

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Ane Dance in the Quenis Chalmer

Ane Dance in the Quenis Chalmer or A dance in the Queen's chamber is a humorous or satiric Scots poem by William Dunbar. William Dunbar and Ane Dance in the Quenis Chalmer are court of James IV of Scotland.

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Ayrshire

Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is a historic county and registration county, in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde.

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Bannatyne Manuscript

The Bannatyne Manuscript is an anthology of literature compiled in Scotland in the sixteenth century.

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Battle of Flodden

The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton or Brainston Moor was fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland and resulted in an English victory.

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Bernard Stewart, 3rd Lord of Aubigny

Bernard Stewart, 4th Seigneur d'Aubigny (French: Bérault Stuart) (c. 1452 – 15 June 1508) was a French soldier, commander of the Garde Écossaise, and diplomat belonging to the Scottish family of Stewart of Darnley. William Dunbar and Bernard Stewart, 3rd Lord of Aubigny are court of James IV of Scotland.

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Carrick, Scotland

Carrick (from the Scottish Gaelic carraig, meaning 'rock') is a former comital district of Scotland which today forms part of South Ayrshire.

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Catholic Church in Scotland

The Catholic Church in Scotland (Catholic Kirk in Scotland) overseen by the Scottish Bishops' Conference, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church headed by the Pope.

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Chepman and Myllar Press

The Chepman and Myllar Press was the first printing press to be established in Scotland.

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Court of Session

The Court of Session (Cùirt an t-Seisein) is the supreme civil court of Scotland and constitutes part of the College of Justice; the supreme criminal court of Scotland is the High Court of Justiciary.

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Courtier

A courtier is a person who attends the royal court of a monarch or other royalty.

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Courtly love

Courtly love (fin'amor; amour courtois) was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry.

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David Lyndsay

Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount (c. 1486 – c. 1555; surname sometimes transcribed as Lindsay) was a Scottish knight, poet, and herald who gained the highest heraldic office of Lyon King of Arms. William Dunbar and David Lyndsay are 16th-century Scottish poets, 16th-century Scottish writers, 16th-century male writers, Alumni of the University of St Andrews, Lallans poets, Middle Scots poets, Scots Makars and Scottish Renaissance writers.

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Denmark–Norway

Denmark–Norway (Danish and Norwegian: Danmark–Norge) is a term for the 16th-to-19th-century multi-national and multi-lingual real unionFeldbæk 1998:11 consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (including the then Norwegian overseas possessions: the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and other possessions), the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Duchy of Holstein.

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East Lothian

East Lothian (Aest Lowden; Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Galwegian Gaelic

Galwegian Gaelic (also known as Gallovidian Gaelic, Gallowegian Gaelic, or Galloway Gaelic) is an extinct dialect of Scottish Gaelic formerly spoken in southwest Scotland.

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He Is Na Dog, He Is a Lam

He Is Na Dog, He Is A Lam is a poem by William Dunbar addressed to Queen Margaret Tudor of Scotland. William Dunbar and He Is Na Dog, He Is a Lam are court of James IV of Scotland.

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Hector Boece

Hector Boece (also spelled Boyce or Boise; 1465–1536), known in Latin as Hector Boecius or Boethius, was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and the first Principal of King's College in Aberdeen, a predecessor of the University of Aberdeen. William Dunbar and Hector Boece are 16th-century male writers and Alumni of the University of St Andrews.

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Hell

In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.

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Hugh MacDiarmid

Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 – 9 September 1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. William Dunbar and Hugh MacDiarmid are Lallans poets and Scots Makars.

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In Honour of the City of London

In Honour of the City of London is a 1937 cantata by William Walton for mixed chorus and orchestra.

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James IV of Scotland

James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. William Dunbar and James IV of Scotland are court of James IV of Scotland.

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John Damian

John Damian de Falcuis (Italian: Giovanni Damiano de Falcucci) was an Italian at the court of James IV of Scotland. William Dunbar and John Damian are court of James IV of Scotland.

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John Stewart, Duke of Albany

John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (8 July 1482 - 2 June 1536) was the regent of the Kingdom of Scotland and the count of Auvergne and Lauraguais in France.

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King's College, Aberdeen

King's College in Old Aberdeen, Scotland, the full title of which is The University and King's College of Aberdeen (Collegium Regium Aberdonense), is a formerly independent university founded in 1495 and now an integral part of the University of Aberdeen.

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Lament for the Makaris

"I that in Heill wes and Gladnes", also known as "The Lament for the Makaris", is a poem in the form of a danse macabre by the Scottish poet William Dunbar.

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List of literary descriptions of cities (before 1550)

Literary descriptions of cities (also known as urban descriptiones) form a literary genre that originated in Ancient Greek epideictic rhetoric.

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Lothian

Lothian (Lowden, Loudan, -en, -o(u)n; Lodainn) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills.

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Maitland Manuscripts

The Maitland Manuscripts are an important source for the Scots literature of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.

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Makar

A makar is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as a royal court poet. William Dunbar and makar are Middle Scots poets and Scots Makars.

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Makars' Court

Makars' Court is a courtyard in central Edinburgh, Scotland. William Dunbar and Makars' Court are Scots Makars.

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Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to King James IV. William Dunbar and Margaret Tudor are court of James IV of Scotland.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Meditatioun In Wyntir

Meditatioun In Wyntir is a contemplative poem in Scots by William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460).

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Memento mori

Memento mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die"), Oxford English Dictionary, Third Edition, June 2001.

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Metre (poetry)

In poetry, metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.

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Middle Scots

Middle Scots was the Anglic language of Lowland Scotland in the period from 1450 to 1700.

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Migraine

Migraine is a genetically influenced complex neurological disorder characterized by episodes of moderate-to-severe headache, most often unilateral and generally associated with nausea and light and sound sensitivity.

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Nativity of Jesus

The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is documented in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew.

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Occasional poetry

Occasional poetry is poetry composed for a particular occasion.

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Of Ane Blak-Moir

"Of Ane Blak-Moir" is a short poem in Scots by William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460). William Dunbar and of Ane Blak-Moir are court of James IV of Scotland.

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Of James Dog

Of James Dog or, more fully, Of James Dog, Kepair of the Quenis Wardrop is a poem of William Dunbar in which the poet complains to Queen Margaret Tudor of Scotland about the keeper of her wardrobe, James Dog. William Dunbar and of James Dog are court of James IV of Scotland.

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On His Heid-Ake

On His Heid-Ake, also referred to as The Headache and My Heid Did Yak Yesternicht, is a brief poem in Scots by William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460) composed at an unknown date.

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Passion of Jesus

The Passion (from Latin patior, "to suffer, bear, endure") is the short final period before the death of Jesus, described in the four canonical gospels.

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Pound Scots

The pound (Modern and Middle Scots: Pund) was the currency of Scotland prior to the 1707 Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Priesthood in the Catholic Church

The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the Holy orders of the Catholic Church.

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Profession

A profession is a field of work that has been successfully professionalized.

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Remonstrance to the King

Remonstrance to the King is a Scots poem of William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460) composed in the early sixteenth century.

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Resurrection of Jesus

The resurrection of Jesus (anástasis toú Iēsoú) is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion, starting – or restoring – his exalted life as Christ and Lord.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. William Dunbar and Robert Burns are Lallans poets and Scots Makars.

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Royal Mile

The Royal Mile (Scots: Ryal Mile) is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland.

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Sacrament of Penance

The Sacrament of Penance (also commonly called the Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession) is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church (known in Eastern Christianity as sacred mysteries), in which the faithful are absolved from sins committed after baptism and reconciled with the Christian community.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scots language

ScotsThe endonym for Scots is Scots.

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Scottish Renaissance

The Scottish Renaissance (Ath-bheòthachadh na h-Alba; Scots Renaissance) was a mainly literary movement of the early to mid-20th century that can be seen as the Scottish version of modernism.

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Sin

In a religious context, sin is a transgression against divine law or a law of the deities.

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Sydney Goodsir Smith

Sydney Goodsir Smith (26 October 1915 – 15 January 1975) was a New Zealand-born Scottish poet, artist, dramatist and novelist. William Dunbar and Sydney Goodsir Smith are Lallans poets and Scots Makars.

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Tenso

A tenso (tençon) is a style of troubadour song.

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The Dregy of Dunbar

The Dregy Of Dunbar also known as Dumbaris Dirige to the King is a humorous poem in Scots and Latin composed by William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460).

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The Fenyeit Freir of Tungland

Ane Ballat of the Fenyeit Frier of Tungland, How He Fell in the Myre Fleand to Turkiland is a comic, satirical poem in Scots by William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460) composed in the early sixteenth century.

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The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie

The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie is the earliest surviving example of the Scottish version of the flyting genre in poetry.

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The Petition of The Gray Horse, Auld Dunbar

The Petition Of The Gray Horse, Auld Dunbar is an appeal by the Scots poet William Dunbar to his patron King James IV of Scotland in which he requests a new gown to mark Christmas.

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The Thrissil and the Rois

The Thrissil and the Rois is a Scots poem composed by William Dunbar to mark the wedding, in August 1503, of King James IV of Scotland to Princess Margaret Tudor of England.

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The Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo

The Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo or The Tretis Of The Twa Mariit Wemen and the Wedo ('The conversation of the two married women and the widow') is a narrative poem in Scots by the makar William Dunbar.

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The Twa Cummeris

"", also rendered as "", is a short humorous poem in Scots written at an unknown date by William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460)W.

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Timor mortis conturbat me

Timor mortis conturbat me is a Latin phrase commonly found in late medieval Scottish and English poetry, translating to "fear of death disturbs me".

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University of St Andrews

The University of St Andrews (Oilthigh Chill Rìmhinn; abbreviated as St And, from the Latin Sancti Andreae, in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland.

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Walter Kennedy (poet)

Walter Kennedy (ca. 1455 – c.1508) was a Scottish poet. William Dunbar and Walter Kennedy (poet) are 16th-century Scottish poets, 16th-century Scottish writers, 16th-century male writers, court of James IV of Scotland, Middle Scots poets, Scots Makars, Scottish Catholic poets and Scottish Renaissance writers.

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