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Blind Harry
Born
c. 1440
Died
1492 (aged c. 50)
Occupation
minstrel
Years active
c. 1470–1492
Notable work
The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace
Blind Harry by Alexander Stoddart
Blind Harry (c. 1440 – 1492), also known as Harry, Hary or Henry the Minstrel, is renowned as the author of The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, more commonly known as The Wallace. This is a lengthy poem recounting the life of William Wallace, the Scottish independence leader, written around 1477, 172 years after Wallace's death.
BlindHarry (c. 1440 – 1492), also known as Harry, Hary or Henry the Minstrel, is renowned as the author of The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant...
Catherine McCormack and Angus Macfadyen. The story is inspired by BlindHarry's 15th century epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant...
Scotland. According to the 15th century poem The Wallace, written by BlindHarry, Wallace carried out the attack in revenge for the killing of his beloved...
recounted by the poet BlindHarry, the Minstrel (d. 1492), whose original, probably oral sources were never specified. BlindHarry was active some 200 years...
Hugh Crawford by BlindHarry. Born Dunfermline and final resting place grounds of Dunfermline Abbey marked by a plaque under a tree. Harry mentions Wallace's...
obtained a legendary status beyond his homeland. He is the protagonist of BlindHarry's 15th-century epic poem The Wallace and the subject of literary works...
lent, Nor was gude Graham of truth and hardiment The 15th-century poet BlindHarry wrote of "Schir Jhone the Grayme" in The Wallace. Wallace's lament at...
was, according to BlindHarry in The Wallace, a site in Ayr, Scotland, which was used as English barracks. According to BlindHarry, a number of Scottish...
who ultimately became King of Scotland. Around 1488, Scottish makar BlindHarry wrote the epic poem The Wallace, about the life and death of Scottish...
Similarly to iconic Pre-Reformation Scottish poets and writers like Aneirin, BlindHarry, Walter Kennedy, and William Dunbar, many of the most important figures...
Venerie or Huntyng. Barbour, John (1375). The Bruce. Henry the Minstrel (BlindHarry) (1470). The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun...
Travels of Marco Polo (first printing; written c. 1299) Approximate date: BlindHarry – The Wallace (The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun...
27th series of The Only Way Is Essex. In 2021, she appeared on the Love Is Blind season one special episodes ("After The Altar") as contestant Damian Powers...
was when Patrick Dunbar of Comenagh signed the Ragman Roll of 1296. BlindHarry's poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir...
fighter, has also been associated with the area. 15th century minstrel BlindHarry wrote in his poem The Wallace that Wallace and his men defeated an English...
site was consecrated by William Wishart, Bishop of St Andrews. The poet BlindHarry relates that William Wallace captured Dunnottar from the English in 1297...
(1485), with elements typical of the mock-heroic genre The Wallace by BlindHarry (Scots chivalric poem) Troy Book by John Lydgate, about the Trojan war...
explored how 15th and 16th-century Scottish poets and orators, such as BlindHarry, constructed terms such as 'trew Scottis' in an effort to diminish differences...
Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting...
subject of blindness and education has included evolving approaches and public perceptions of how best to address the special needs of blind students....
Blind Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American gospel blues singer, guitarist and evangelist. His landmark recordings completed...
was frequented by Harry Redknapp and was at one stage owned by Bobby Moore. The pub takes its name from the ballad and legend The Blind Beggar of Bethnal...
Reginald Crawford), although this claim has been disputed. According to BlindHarry, Wallace is also said to have fought a battle at Loudoun Hill, during...
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