Ramus and reform : university and church at the end of the Renaissance / James Veazie Skalnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skalnik, James Veazie, author.

Series:

Sixteenth century essays & studies ; v. 60.

Sixteenth century essays & studies ; volume 60

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572.

Ramus, Petrus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2002]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Educator and reformer Peter Ramus (1515-72) was known for his rash assaults on the most esteemed and cherished foundations of religion and learning in France. As a leading figure in both the French Reform and the University of Paris, and author of the pedagogical system known as "Ramism," he consistently promoted an ideology which would make status, influence, and authority dependent on talent and achievement, instead of on birth or wealth. His social ideal attracted a sizeable following and achieved some practical results during his lifetime, but after his death his reforms collapsed. In their place arose the hierarchical, oligarchic, and authoritarian society of Old Regime France. Skalnik presents fresh and solid research in this well-written volume"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Labor omnia vincit

Praeceptor galliae

Professor regius

Deligere aureum saeculum

Nemo nisi vocatus

Republica timocratia

Royal professors, 1530-1610

Editions of Ramus's works, 1540-1640.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-166) and index.

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Virginia, 1990.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-935503-63-4

OCLC:

654709506