BOECE, HECTOR

bōēsˈ, bois, bōēˈthēəs, 1465?–1536?, Scottish historian. He studied at the Univ. of Paris, where he knew Erasmus, and in 1498 he went to Aberdeen as the first principal of the new university. The most important of his works is a Latin history of Scotland (1527); it is a vast collection of historical fables from medieval chronicles, generously sprinkled with myths and miracles. Despite its shortcomings it was held in high repute until the 18th cent. It supplied Holinshed with the Duncan-Macbeth tale from which Shakespeare took his plot. In the 16th cent. it was translated into a metrical Scottish version by William Stewart and a better-known prose Scottish version by John Bellenden.

See Boethius: His Life, Thought, and Influence (ed. by M. Gibson, 1982); R. McInerny, Boethius and Aquinas (1990).

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Princelie Majestie: The Court of James V of Scotland, 1528-1542
Book by Andrea Thomas; John Donald, 2005
Subjects: James--V--King Of Scotland--1512-1542, Scotland--Court And Courtiers--History--16th Century, Scotland--History--James V, 1513-1542, Scotland--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...xli (1990), 182-222; DSCHT, 54o-41. For Boece: Hector Boece, The Chronicles of Scotland, trans. John Bellenden...vols., STS, 1938 1941); L. J. MacFarlane, Hector Boece and Early Scottish Humanism, The Deeside Field...
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The Late Medieval Scottish Parliament: Politics and the Three Estates, 1424-1488
Book by Roland Tanner; Tuckwell Press, 2001
Subjects: Parliamentary Practice--Scotland--History--To 1500, Scotland--History--15th Century, Scotland--Parliament--History, Scotland--Politics And Government--15th Century
...Bannatyne Club, 1827-55). Boece, Hector, The Chronicles of f Scotland...Text Society, 1939-41). ). Boece, Hector, Scotorum Historia (Paris, 1527). Boece, Hector, Hectoris Boetii Murthlacensium...
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A Survey-History of English Literature
Book by William Bradley Otis, Morriss H. Needleman; Barnes & Noble, 1938
Subjects: English Literature--Outlines, Syllabi, Etc
...Master Constable , 237 Boadicea , 425 Boden, F. C. , 595 Body and the Soul, Debate of the , 31 Boece , 65 - 66 Boece, Hector , 99 Boethius, Hector , 99 Boke named the Governour, The , 116 Boke of Hugh de Bordeaux, The , 96 Boke of Phyllyp Sparowe...
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The Identity of the Scottish Nation: An Historic Quest
Book by William Ferguson; Edinburgh University Press, 1998
Subjects: National Characteristics, Scottish--History, Nationalism--Scotland--History, Scotland--History
...Bellenden John, The Chronicles of Scotland compiled by Hector Boece translated into Scots by John Bellenden , ed. R. W...Watson Edinburgh, Scottish Text Society, 1946 . Boece Hector, Scotorum Historiae a prima gentis origine Paris, 1526...
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Kings of Celtic Scotland
Book by Benjamin T. Hudson; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Celts--Scotland--Kings And Rulers, Scotland--History--To 1057
...Gartnain Dublin, 1975 . Blair P. Hunter, "Olafr the White," Viking 3 1939 , 1-35. Boece Hector, The Chronicle of Scotland composed by Hectore Boece, translated into Scots by John Belleden, 1531 , ed. E. C. Batho and H. W. Husbands...
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Spenser and the Historical Revolution: Briton Moniments and the Problem of Roman Britain
Journal article by John E. Curran Jr.; CLIO, Vol. 25, 1996
Subjects: Briton Moniments--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature--16th century, Historiography--Literature, Spenser, Edmund--Criticism, interpretation, etc., United Kingdom--History, 43-449 (Roman period)
...exalted place in British history. The Scottish chronicler Hector Boece, for example, makes him the ex-husband of "Voada...1585) STC#20109 (translation my own). (18.) Hector Boece, Croniklis of Scotland, trans. J. Bellenden (Edinburgh...
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The Boston Public Library Manuscript of John Lydgate's Siege of Thebes: Its Scottish Owners and Inscriptions
Journal article by Priscilla J. Bawcutt; Medium Aevum, Vol. 70, 2001
Subjects: English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Manuscripts, English (Middle)--History, Poetry, Medieval--History
...history, one of the prologues to his translation of Hector Boeces Scotorum historia (1527). Bellenden began the...The relationship between the Scotorum historia of Hector Boece and John Bellendens Chronicles of Scotland, in The Rose...
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The Pastorauling Parole: Scottish Pastoral
Journal article by William Herbert; Triquarterly, 2003
Subjects: History, Modernism, Poetry
...time. We know, for instance, that John Bellenden, the translator of that prominent historian (and Dundonian), Hector Boece, had a copy. Whether Wedderburn had a look or not, the parallels are intriguing. Wedderburn was educated at St Leonards...
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Questioning History in Cymbeline
Journal article by J. Clinton Crumley; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 41, 2001
Subjects: Cymbeline (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature and history--Analysis, Shakespeare, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...upon Caesars De Bellum Gallicum, the sixteenth-century text strives for balance, providing the Scottish version of Hector Boece and Bedes British representation. After offering Boeces perspective, the Chronicles clarifies its purpose in drawing...
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English Ethnicity and Race in Early Modern Drama
Journal article by Imtiaz Habib; Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England, Vol. 19, 2006
...Spenser, Erasmus, Levinus Lemnius, and Thomas Wright. Yet another chapter invokes the writings of Marcilio Ficino, Hector Boece, Roger Ascham, Thomas Cogan, Nicholas Coeffeteau, Thomas Elyot, John Dee, Francis Bacon, Richard Verstegan...
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Boece, Hector
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BOECE, HECTOR boes , bois, boe the s, 1465? 1536?, Scottish historian. He studied at the Univ. of Paris, where he knew Erasmus, and...
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Boethius, Hector
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BOETHIUS, HECTOR see Boece, Hector . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Macbeth
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the throne as Malcolm III . William Shakespeares version of the story comes from the accounts of Raphael Holinshed and Hector Boece. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...


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