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The Thrissil and the Rois is a Scots poem composed by William Dunbar to mark the wedding, in August 1503, of King James IV of Scotland to Princess Margaret Tudor of England. The poem takes the form of a dream vision in which Margaret is represented by a rose and James is represented variously by a lion, an eagle and a thistle.〔W. Mackay Mackenzie, ''The Poems of William Dunbar''. The Mercat Press, 1990, pp. 107-112〕 The episodes of the poem present in allegory King James' view of himself and of his kingdom. Princess Margaret receives lavish praise for her beauty, virtue and high birth.〔(The full text with notes at TEAMS )〕 The text of the poem is found only in the Bannatyne Manuscript.〔 It is also known as The Thistle and the Rose. ==Historical Context== The marriage of James IV, King of Scots, and Margaret Tudor, the eldest daughter of Henry VII of England had been agreed in the Treaty of Perpetual Peace of 1502.〔Jane E. A. Dawson, ''Scotland Re-formed'', The New Edinburgh History of Scotland, Volume 6. Edinburgh University Press, 2007, pp.58,59.〕 This treaty was intended to effect a reconciliation between the kingdoms of Scotland and England which had been at war intermittently since 1296.〔 The treaty would not be successful in establishing peace.〔Norman Macdougall, The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland, James IV. Tuckwell press, 1997, pp. 247-281〕 Ten years after the marriage of James and Margaret Scotland and England aligned themselves with opposing alliances in the War of the League of Cambrai. The subsequent campaign ended with James' death in the Scots' defeat at Flodden.〔〔Jane E. A. Dawson, ''Scotland Re-formed'', The New Edinburgh History of Scotland, Volume 6. Edinburgh University Press, 2007, pp.82-84.〕 The author, William Dunbar, was a prolific poet who had been employed at the Scots royal court since at least 1500.〔(''Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland'', vol.3 (1901), see index, p.470 )〕 His work often recorded state events. The thistle had first appeared in Scottish iconography on the coins of King James III. His son and successor James IV continued its use as a symbol of the Scottish monarchy. A rose, coloured red and white, had been adopted as a dynastic symbol by Henry VII who had seized the throne of England in 1485. It represented a union of the Lancastrian and Yorkist factions of the Plantagenet dynasty which had fought a series of civil wars for the control of the English throne before being succeeded by Henry. A red rose was a badge of the Lancastrians; A white rose was a badge of the Yorkists. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Thrissil and the Rois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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