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"News from the Republick of Letters" : Scottish students, Charles Mackie, and the United Provinces, 1650-1750 / by Esther Mijers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mijers, Esther.
- Series:
- Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 161.
- Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 161
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scottish students--Netherlands--History--17th century.
- Scottish students.
- Scottish students--Netherlands--History--18th century.
- Education, Higher--Netherlands--History--17th century.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Netherlands--History--18th century.
- Scotland--Emigration and immigration--History--17th century.
- Scotland.
- Scotland--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.
- Mackie, Charles, 1688-1770.
- Mackie, Charles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The late seventeenth century Netherlands have traditionally been viewed as the intellectual entrepot of Europe in general, and for Scotland in particular. Scottish students flocked in large numbers to the Dutch universities, bringing back ideas and books which influenced Scottish learning well into the eighteenth century. This book is the first full-length study of Scots in the United Provinces between 1650 and 1750. It analyses their numbers at the Dutch universities, the education they received and the impact this had on Scottish learning, on the eve of the Enlightenment, showing that the Scottish-Dutch relationship provided the infrastructure, which allowed Scotland to take part in a wider Republic of Letters and that its culture was increasingly characterised by it.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1. Context and Numbers
- 2. A Dutch Education
- 3. Going Dutch
- 4. Charles Mackie and the Limits of Dutch Learning
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Scottish Students at Dutch Universities 1650–1750
- Bibliography
- Index of Names.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49609-6
- 9786613591326
- 90-04-22816-0
- OCLC:
- 794328544
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004228160 DOI
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