Thomas Hudson (poet)Thomas Hudson (died in or before 1605) was a musician and poet from the north of England present at the Scottish court of King James VI at the end of the 16th century. Both he and his brother were members of the Castalian Band, a group of court poets and musicians headed by the King in the 1580s and 1590s. William Hudson taught King James to dance, and another brother, James Hudson, became involved in diplomacy between England and Scotland.
Alexander MontgomerieAlexander Montgomerie (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair Mac Gumaraid) (c. 1550?–1598) was a ScottishJacobean courtier and poet, or makar, born in Ayrshire. He was a Scottish Gaelic speaker and a Scots speaker from Ayrshire, an area which was still part of the Scottish Gàidhealtachd in his day. He was one of the principal members of the Castalian Band, a circle of poets in the court of James VI in the 1580s which included the king himself.
Patrick Hume of PolwarthPatrick Hume, of Polwarth and Redbraes (about 1550– 20 May 1609) was a Scottish landowner, courtier and makar (court poet). OriginsBorn about 1550, he was the eldest son and heir of Sir Patrick Hume (died 20 May 1599), of Polwarth and Redbraes, and his wife Agnes, daughter of Alexander Hume, of Manderston. Both families held lands on the east coast of Scotland between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed.
MakarA makar () is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as a royal court poet. Since the 19th century, the term The Makars has been specifically used to refer to a number of poets of fifteenth and sixteenth century Scotland, in particular Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and Gavin Douglas, who wrote a diverse genre of works in Middle Scots in the period of the Northern Renaissance.Alexander HumeAlexander Hume (1558 – 4 December 1609) was a Scottish poet who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in the early 17th century. LifeHe was born in 1558 the son of Patrick Hume (d.1599). The brother of Patrick Hume of Polwarth, he was educated at the University of St. Andrews graduating in 1574 then studied Civil Law in Paris.
Castalian SpringThe Castalian Spring, in the ravine between the Phaedriades at Delphi, is where all visitors to Delphi — the contestants in the Pythian Games, and especially pilgrims who came to consult the Delphic Oracle — stopped to wash themselves and quench their thirst; it is also here that the Pythia and the priests cleansed themselves before the oracle-giving process. Finally Roman poets regarded it as a source of poetic inspiration.
Scots languageWest Germanic languageScots is a language variety of West Germanic origin. It is an Anglic language and descended from Early Middle English; therefore, Modern Scots is a sister language of Modern English. Scots is classified as an official language of Scotland, a regional or minority language of Europe, and a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
Some Reulis and Cautelis to Be Observit and Eschewit in Scottis PoesieAne Schort Treatise conteining some Reulis and Cautelis to be observit and eschewit in Scottis poesie (1584) is the full title of a work of non-fiction prose in Scots, also called The Essayes of a Prentise in the Divine Art of Poesie, written by the 19-year-old James VI of Scotland (later also James I of England) and first published in Edinburgh.
Jacobean eraKing James I by Mijtens (1621)MonarchJames VI and ISongA song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics.La PléiadeLa Pléiade (French pronunciation:) was a group of 16th-century French Renaissancepoets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf. The name was a reference to another literary group, the original Alexandrian Pleiad of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians (3rd century B.C.), corresponding to the seven stars of the Pleiadesstar cluster.
James VI and IKing of Scotland from 1567 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603HouseStuartFatherHenry Stuart, Lord DarnleyMotherMary, Queen of ScotsSignatureJames VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, until his death in 1625.
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