1480s
The 1480s decade ran from January 1, 1480, to December 31, 1489. Significant people * Robert Henryson Robert Henryson (Middle Scots: Robert Henrysoun) was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period c. 1460–1500. Counted among the Scots language, Scots ''makars'', he lived in the royal burgh of Dunfermline and is a distinctive voice in th ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:1480s ...
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Robert Henryson
Robert Henryson (Middle Scots: Robert Henrysoun) was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period c. 1460–1500. Counted among the Scots language, Scots ''makars'', he lived in the royal burgh of Dunfermline and is a distinctive voice in the Northern Renaissance at a time when the culture was on a cusp between Middle Ages, medieval and renaissance sensibilities. Little is known of his life, but evidence suggests that he was a teacher who had training in law and the Liberal arts, humanities, that he had a connection with Dunfermline Abbey and that he may also have been associated for a period with University of Glasgow, Glasgow University. His poetry was composed in Middle Scots at a time when this was the state language. His writing consists mainly of narrative poetry, narrative works. His surviving body of work amounts to almost 5000 lines. Works Henryson's surviving canon consists of three long poems and around twelve miscellaneous short works in various genres. The l ...
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