Lindsay (Lyndsay), Sir David
- Lindsay (Lyndsay), Sir David
(?1486-1555)
A Scottish poet of the pre-Reformation period who satirized the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church and contemporary government. He was one of the company of gifted courtly poets (makaris) who flourished in the golden age of Scottish literature. Born in Fifeshire of an aristocratic family, he was attendant and companion to the infant Prince James (born 1512), the son of King James IV. During the period when the young King James V fell under the domination of the Scottish nobles, David was away from court, and returned when James took control in 1528. He was an influential diplomat to several European monarchs. He wrote the morality play the Thrie Estaits, performed in 1552. The Dreme (completed 1528) is a long allegory of the contemporary condition of Scotland. Some of his other poems: "Ane Supplication in Contemptioun of Syde Taillis," "So Young Ane King," "The Answer to the Kingis Flyting," "The Complaynt of Schir David Lindesay," "The Deploratioun of the Deith of Quene Magdalene," "The Devisioun of the Eirth," "The Historie of Squyer William Meldrum," "The Tragedie of the Cardinall."
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