The Kingis Quair

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The Kingis Quair is a 15th-century Scots poem, traditionally attributed to King James I of Scotland, that recounts his captivity in England and his courtly love for Joan Beaufort.

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The Kingis Quair canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 15th-century poem ⓘ
Middle Scots poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
about love of James I of Scotland for Joan Beaufort ⓘ
author James I of Scotland ⓘ
contains allegorical dream vision ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
dateWritten 15th century ⓘ
depicts captivity of James I of Scotland in England ⓘ
disputedAuthorship true ⓘ
featuresCharacter Fortune ⓘ
Minerva ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
genre autobiographical poetry ⓘ
courtly love poetry ⓘ
historicalContext captivity of James I of Scotland in England (1406–1424) ⓘ
influencedBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
language Middle Scots ⓘ
linked to: Scots

Scots ⓘ
literaryForm narrative poem ⓘ
literaryMovement Scottish Chaucerianism ⓘ
literaryPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
literarySignificance important example of Middle Scots courtly poetry ⓘ
major work of early Scottish literature ⓘ
literaryTradition Chaucerian tradition ⓘ
mainCharacter James I of Scotland ⓘ
manuscriptLocation Bodleian Library ⓘ
mentions Joan Beaufort ⓘ
metre iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
numberOfLines 197 stanzas (traditionally counted) ⓘ
protagonist James I of Scotland ⓘ
setting England ⓘ
Tower of London ⓘ
structure stanzaic ⓘ
subject personal experience of imprisonment ⓘ
vision of a lady seen from a window ⓘ
theme consolation through love ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
fortune and destiny ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
royal identity ⓘ
titleLanguage Scots ⓘ
titleMeaning The King’s Book ⓘ
linked to: King’s Book
traditionallyAttributedTo James I of Scotland ⓘ
uses allegory ⓘ
dream vision framework ⓘ
verseForm rhyme royal ⓘ

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James I of Scotland → notableWork → The Kingis Quair ⓘ
Scottish Chaucerianism → hasPart → The Kingis Quair ⓘ