Appreciation also has been coloured by the arguable historical view that their work marked a decline and end to the tradition of the makars .
Scottish Jacobean writers have largely been overshadowed by the contemporaneous literary scene in London in the age of Shakespeare .
Appreciation also has been coloured by the arguable historical view that writers ' work marked a decline and end to the tradition of the makars .
Scottish Jacobean writers have largely been overshadowed by the contemporaneous literary scene in London in the age of Shakespeare .