Colkelbie Sow and Northern Europe
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This anonymous, late-medieval Scottish poem has presented editors and critics with many challenges. One such concerns a list of placenames pertaining to northern Germany and the Baltic. Corruption in the (unique) manuscript source is likely, and detailed arguments are proposed for emendations to the text. It is suggested that the anonymous poet’s evident interest in the north-German/Scandinavian area may owe something to the marriage (1469) of Margaret of Oldenburg to King James III.
Author: Alasdair A. MacDonald
Institutions: University of Groningen, University of Glasgow
Language: English
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4416986346
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