The Advancement of Learning in Stuart Scotland, 1679-89

A study of Scottish thinkers and writers in their political and cultural context.

List of contents

Introduction: The historical context

1. 'Th'established hierarchy to secure': politics, ideology and the patronage of learning

2. 'He knew his grandfather's hand': the patronage of the medical profession

3. 'The Natural History ... of that kingdom': Sir Robert Sibbald and the description of Scotland

4. 'A firm and stable Rule, which will ply no obliquity': the legal profession and the Stuart state

5. 'A whole Man and his whole Age': Sir George Mackenzie and the advancement of learning

6. 'All dew incurradgement': patronage and learning in the Church and universities

7. 'The centre of virtue ... in this kingdome': the development of Edinburgh as a learned institution

8. 'What was most remarkable a doing by the learned': the Scottish Virtuoso tradition and the Republic of Letters

Conclusion: 'Intellectual alchemy?'

About the author

Hugh Ouston

Summary

A study of Scottish thinkers and writers in their political and cultural context.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Ouston
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.08.2024
• EAN: 9781837652006
• ISBN: 978-1-83765-200-6
• No. of pages: 356
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 676 g
• Series: St Andrews Studies in Scottish History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)