Henry, The Minstrel

Henry, The Minstrel
   see Blind Harry.

Short biographical dictionary of English literature . . 2011.

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  • Blind Harry or Henry the Minstrel — (fl. 1470 1492)    Is spoken of by John Major in his History of Scotland as a wandering minstrel, skilled in the composition of rhymes in the Scottish tongue, who fabricated a book about William Wallace, and gained his living by reciting it to… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

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