Robert Henryson was a significant exponent of an emerging independence in late‐medieval Scottish poetry. His development of existing themes and techniques of narration subjected various late‐medieval genres to unprecedented stress and change. His
Fables
,
Orpheus and Eurydice
and
Testament of Cresseid,
continue to provoke debate about Henryson's narrative and allegorical technique, as well as his attitude to English literary tradition as epitomized by Chaucer.