Gavin Douglas

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Gawin Douglas

Gawin Douglas (c. 1474 - 1522) was a Scottish cleric, Makar and translator. He was the third son of Archibald 'Bell-the-Cat' Douglas, Earl of Angus.

Gawin was appointed Bishop of Dunkeld and Provost of St. Giles and had an important political career, but it is for his poetry that he is now chiefly remembered. His principal pioneering achievement was the Eneados (1513), a full and faithful vernacular translation of the Aeneid of Virgil and the first successful example of its kind in any Anglic language. Other extant poetry includes his Palice of Honour and possibly King Hart.…more

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	Aeneid: Books I-VI by Virgil 4.03 avg rating — 1,963 ratings — published -19 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ABC of Reading by Ezra Pound 3.90 avg rating — 1,941 ratings — published 1934 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thistle and The Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor by Linda Porter 4.15 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2024 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scots: The Mither Tongue by Billy Kay 4.23 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1986 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Makars: The Poems of Henryson, Dunbar and Douglas by J.A. Tasioulas (Editor) 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scottish Literature: An Introduction by Alan Riach 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2022 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebirth of a Palace: The Royal Court at Stirling Castle by John G. Harrison 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Puir Labourers and Busy Husbandmen: The Countryside of Lowland Scotland in the Middle Ages by Piers Dixon 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Precipitous City: The Story of Literary Edinburgh by Trevor Royle 2.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1980 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trojan Legend in Medieval Scottish Literature by Emily Wingfield it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars