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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465471203321

Autore

Mijers Esther

Titolo

"News from the Republick of Letters" [[electronic resource] ] : Scottish students, Charles Mackie, and the United Provinces, 1650-1750 / / by Esther Mijers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-280-49609-6

9786613591326

90-04-22816-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, , 1573-4188 ; ; v. 161

Disciplina

378.411

378.4110903

Soggetti

Scottish students - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Scottish students - Netherlands - History - 18th century

Education, Higher - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Education, Higher - Netherlands - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Scotland Emigration and immigration History 17th century

Scotland Emigration and immigration History 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.