Counted among the Scots Makars, he lived in the historic city of Dunfermline and is a distinctive poetic voice early in the northern renaissance at a time when Scotland was on a cusp between medieval and renaissance sensibilities.
Counted among the Scots Makars, he lived in Dunfermline and is regarded as one of the most distinctive and innovative poetic voices of the northern renaissance. He was active at a time when Scotland was on a cusp between medieval and renaissance sensibilities.