Wyntoun, Andrew of

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• Wyntoun, Andrew of — ▪ Scottish writer born c. 1350 died c. 1423       Scottish chronicler whose Orygynale Cronykil is a prime historical source for the later 14th and early 15th centuries and is one of the few long examples of Middle Scots writing.       Wyntoun was …   Universalium

• WYNTOUN, ANDREW OF —    Scottish chronicler; lived at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th centuries; was canon regular of St. Andrews and prior of St. Serf, Lochleven; the subject of his Original Chronicle, as he calls it, was Scottish history, introduced… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Wyntoun, Andrew of — (1350? 1420?)    Chronicler, was a canon of St. Andrews, who became Prior of St. Serf s island in Loch Leven. His work, entitled The Orygynale Cronykil, begins with the creation of angels and men and comes down to 1406. It is poetic in form… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Andrew of Wyntoun —     Andrew of Wyntoun     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Andrew of Wyntoun     Scottish chronicler, born (as we know from the internal evidence of his writings) in the reign of David II, about the middle of the fourteenth century. He is conjectured to …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Andrew of Wyntoun — Andrew Wyntoun, known as Andrew of Wyntoun (c. 1350 ndash; c. 1423) was a Scottish poet, a canon and prior of Loch Leven on St Serf s Inch and later, a canon of St. Andrews.Andrew Wyntoun is most famous for his completion of an eight syllabled… …   Wikipedia

• Andrew Wyntoun — Andrew Wyntoun, connu comme Andrew de Wyntoun (v. 1350 – v. 1423), est un poète écossais, chanoine et prieur de Loch Leven, puis chanoine à Saint Andrews. Andrew Wyntoun est célèbre pour avoir compléter un poème à huit pieds nommé Orygynale… …   Wikipédia en Français

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• Second War of Scottish Independence — The Second War of Scottish Independence began properly in 1333 when Edward III of England overturned the 1328 Treaty of Northampton, under which England recognised the legitimacy of the dynasty established by Robert Bruce. Edward was determined… …   Wikipedia