10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THOMAS OF ERCELDOUNE»
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In a tower at the western extremity of this village, the ruins of which are still shown
, after the lapse of seven centuries, dwelt Thomas of Erceldoune, the earliest
Scottish poet. Of his history it Is rather surprising that we should know so much,
than ...
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The New Cambridge Bibliography
of English Literature
Burnham, J. M. A study of Thomas of Erceldoune. PMLA 23 1908. Taylor, R.
Political prophecy in England. New York IOII. Saalbach, A.
Entstehungsgeschichte der schottischen Volksballade T. Rymer. Halle 1913.
Medary, M. P. Stanza linking ...
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The poetical works
of Sir Walter Scott: first series, ...
The Romance of Sir Triitrem was composed by THOMAS of ERCELDOUNE,
called the RHYMER, who flourished in the 13th centnry. Tbe only copy, known to
eilst, Is contained in a large and valuable collection of Metrical Romance*, ...
4
Prophecy and Public Affairs in Later Medieval England
Thomas Grey of Heton, another Yorkshireman, levels the same accusation at
King Edward in the Scala- cronica.37 The political prophecies associated with
Thomas of Erceldoune begin at the end of the thirteenth century, although they ...
5
The Invention
of Middle English: An Anthology
of Primary Sources
[Several medieval Scottish accounts record Thomas of Erceldoune as the
supposed author of prophecies; none of them states that he was a poet. A
passage early in Robert Mannyng's Chronicle does appear to say that Thomas of
Erceldoune ...
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The History
of English Poetry from the Close
of the 11th ...
The supposition that the English Sir Tristrem is, in substance, the work of Thomas
of Erceldoune, cannot be proved, nor perhaps absolutely disproved, with such
imperfect data as we now possess. The * [The editor of the new edition of Sir ...
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The History
of English Poetry,: From the Close
of the ...
... and erudition, to prove that the poem which he has thus ushered into the world
is the same which is alluded to by De Brunne ; and that it was composed by the
Scottish poet noticed by Warton, Thomas of Erceldoune, called the Rymer.
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Cultural Encounters in the Romance
of Medieval England
There is clearly some association assumed between Thomas of Erceldoune and
romance, perhaps even to the point where the Thomas of Britain who wrote the
Anglo-Norman Tristan was identified with him. As the ballad attests, one of the ...
Corinne J. Saunders,
2005
9
Enchanted Ground: The Study
of Medieval Romance in the ...
Scott argued that the English represented Thomas of Erceldoune's poem, written
about 1250, while the French manuscript on Douce's showing was late thirteenth-
century. References to Tristrem by Chre'tien de Troyes and the King of Navarre, ...
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Medievalism in England II
Secondly, the first line of Sir Tristrem— again ambiguously—appears to
associate the romance with Thomas of Erceldoune. The line is damaged, and
reads, "I was a . . . / with Thomas spak I thare." A catchword on the manuscript's
previous ...
Leslie J. Workman, Kathleen Verduin,
1996