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'News from the Republick of Letters' : Scottish students, Charles Mackie and the United Provinces, 1650-1750
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This book is the first full-length study of Scots in the United Provinces between 1650 and 1750, showing that the Scottish-Dutch relationship provided the infrastructure, which allowed Scotland to ...
This book is the first full-length study of Scots in the United Provinces between 1650 and 1750, showing that the Scottish-Dutch relationship provided the infrastructure, which allowed Scotland to become part of the Republic of Letters.
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- Brill e-books
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- English
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- Leiden : BRILL, 2012
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- 1 online resource (234 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9789004228160, 9004228160, 9789004210684
- OCLC
- ocn794328544
- Acknowledgements; Map, the United Provinces; Introduction; Historiography; Approach, Outline and Sources; Sources and Terminology; Chapter One Context and Numbers; Scots in the United Provinces; Students; Chapter Two A Dutch Education; The Scottish Infrastructure; Institutions and Universities; The Curriculum; The Grand Tour; Chapter Three Going Dutch; Scotland and the Scottish Universities; The Book Trade; Chapter Four Charles Mackie and the Limits of Dutch Learning; Mackie As Agent in the Republic of Letters; The Polyhistor; Conclusion
- Appendix Scottish Students at Dutch Universities, 1650-1750Bibliography; Index of Names
Subjects
- Mackie, Charles, 1688-1770.
- Scottish students -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century.
- Scottish students -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century.
- Education, Higher -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century.
- Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 17th century.
- Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.