David+Lyndsay

=David Lyndsay- Joseph Westerhoff= born in 1490 dieing April 1555, David Lyndsay was a Scottish poet of the pre-Reformation period. He satirized the corruption of the Roman church and contemporary government. He was one of the few gifted courtly poets who flourished in the Golden age of Scottish literature.

David was a poet of the century writing in verse for his king James IV. Serving for his king he was appointed companion of the prince. This was a huge contribute to him making most of his poetry in his properous years at court. With a work on heraldy he obtained a very good idea of court which forced his poetry to be of the courts.

David Lyndsay was huge contributant to the prosperous literary educated Scottish people then and today.