John Barbour Quotes
And should think freedom more to prize, than all the gold in world that is.
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| Death: | 13th March, 1395 |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Profession: | Poet |
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John Barbour was a Scottish poem. He studied at the University of Oxford and the University of Paris. His principal surviving work is the historical verse romance, The Brus (The Bruce), and his reputation from this poem is such that other long works in Scots which survive from the period are sometimes thought to be by him.
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