‘Fife’s Forgotten Chronicler. Andrew of Wyntoun and his Original Chronicle’

'Who was Andrew of Wyntoun, and why does he matter? Join a panel of historians as they discuss the legacy of the much neglected Fife-based chronicler Andrew of Wyntoun (died c.1420), author of a rhyming history of the Scottish kingdom, the so-called Original Chronicle, that was one of the earliest large-scale works written in vernacular Scots and one of the most popular and copied manuscripts in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Scotland.'

Please email elaine.philip@ed.ac.uk with any specific dietary requirements.

PROGRAMME

Friday 17 May

Session 1

10-15 am-11-00am.

Steve Boardman (University of Edinburgh) ‘Who was Andrew of Wyntoun, what was the Original Chronicle, and why should anyone care?

Teas and Coffees 11-11.30am

Session 2

11-30am-1-00pm

Thomas Turpie and Michael Penman (University of Stirling) 'Wyntoun and the saints of Fife. Andrew, Margaret, and Serf'

Bess Rhodes (University of St Andrews) ‘Wyntoun and the landscape of medieval and early modern Fife’

Lunch 1-2pm (Soup, sandwiches and pizza bites)

Session 3

2-00-3-30pm

Neil McGuigan (University of St Andrews) ‘Wyntoun, Shakespeare and the ‘Scottish Play’

Steve Boardman (University of Edinburgh) ‘Wyntoun and the Wars of Independence

Teas and Coffees 3.30-4pm.