Thesis
John Bellenden's Chronicles of Scotland
- Alternative title:
- translation and circulation
- Abstract:
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John Bellenden's Chronicles of Scotland (1531-r. 1537) is a humanist Scots translation of Hector Boece's Scotorum Historia (1527). As the first full-scale printed national history in the vernacular, the Chronicles assumed a pivotal role in sixteenth-century Scottish literary culture. Despite its contemporary importance,however, relatively little critical attention has been paid to Bellenden's work itself, primarily due to the misconception that it is a neutral t...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2010
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602730268
- Source identifiers:
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602730268
- Deposit date:
- 2013-01-21
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Harikae, R
- Copyright date:
- 2010
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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