Alexander Montgomerie
Poet, Author
1550 – 1598
Who was Alexander Montgomerie?
Alexander Montgomerie, Scottish Jacobean courtier and poet, or makar, born in Ayrshire. He was one of the principal members of the Castalian Band, a circle of poets in the court of James VI in the 1580s which included the king himself. Montgomerie was for a time in favour as one of the king's "favourites". He was a Catholic in a largely Protestant court and his involvement in political controversy led to his expulsion as an outlaw in the mid-1590s.
Montgomerie's poetry, much of which examines themes of love, includes autobiographical sonnets and foreshadows the later metaphysical poets in England. He is sometimes, by tradition, given the epithet "Captain".
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- Born
- 1550
Scotland - Also known as
- Монтгомери, Александр
- Parents
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- Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Died
- 1598
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on July 23, 2013
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