Humanism in an age of science : the Amsterdam Athenaeum in the golden age, 1632-1704 / by Dirk van Miert ; translated by Michiel Wielema, with Anthony Ossa-Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miert, Dirk van.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 179.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 179

Standardized Title:

Illuster onderwijs. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universiteit van Amsterdam--History--17th century.

Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Athenaeum Illustre (Amsterdam, Netherlands)--History--17th century.

Athenaeum Illustre (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

Education, Higher--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History--17th century.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History--17th century.

Universities and colleges.

Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Intellectual life--17th century.

Amsterdam (Netherlands).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 433 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1632, the Amsterdam regents founded an Athenaeum or 'Illustrious School'. This kind of institution provided academic teaching, although it could not grant degrees and had no compulsory four-faculty system. Athenaeums proliferated in the first century after the Dutch Revolt, but few of them survived long. They have been interpreted as the manifestation of an evolving vision of the role of a higher education; this book, by contrast, argues that education at the Amsterdam Athenaeum was staunchly traditional both in methods and in substance. While religious, philosophical and scientific disputes rocked contemporary Dutch learned society, this analysis of letters, orations and disputations reveals that a traditional and Aristotelian humanism thrived at the Athenaeum until well into the seventeenth century.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / D.K.W. Van Miert

Introduction / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter One. Higher Education In The Low Countries / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Two. An Amsterdam Cortege / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Three. Private Teaching / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Four. Public Teaching / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Five. Semi-Public Teaching / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Six. Holidays, Timetables And Absences / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Seven. The Arts I: The Rhetorical Subjects / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Eight. The Arts II: The Philosophical Subjects / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Nine. The Teaching Of Law / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Ten. The Teaching Of Medicine / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Eleven. The Teaching Of Theology / D.K.W. Van Miert

Chapter Twelve. Conclusion / D.K.W. Van Miert

Appendix 1. Timeline Of Professors / D.K.W. Van Miert

Appendix 2. Geographical Origins Of Students Defending Disputations, 1650–1670 / D.K.W. Van Miert

Appendix 3. Easter And Pentecost Holidays At The Athenaeum / D.K.W. Van Miert

Sources / D.K.W. Van Miert

Index / D.K.W. Van Miert.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60213-6

9786612602139

90-474-3029-8

OCLC:

607552764

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004176850.i-434 DOI