Date of Award
6-2001
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Medieval Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Thomas H. Seiler
Second Advisor
Dr. Timothy Graham
Third Advisor
Dr. Paul A. Johnson Jr.
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Introduction
General Introduction
The Kingis Quair is a poem of clear Chaucerian descent, written in the same seven-line stanzas as Troilus and Criseyde, that marks the beginning of a Chaucerian movement in the literature of Scotland. The poem exists in only one manuscript, MS Arch. Selden B. 24 of the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, where it is twice attributed to King James I of Scotland (1424-1437). Indeed, it is due to the connection with James that the particular seven-line stanza format in which the poem is written is now known as "rhyme royal."
Recommended Citation
Livingston, Michael D., "“The Kingis Quair”: A Critical Edition" (2001). Masters Theses. 4204.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4204