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Author Reid, Steven J.

Title Humanism and Calvinism : Andrew Melville and the universities of Scotland, 1560-1625 / Steven J. Reid.

Publication Info. Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Between Reformation and reform : the Scottish universities, 1560-74 -- Humanism and Calvinism : Melville's education, 1545-74 -- The first foray into reform : Melville and the "ancient" universities, 1574-84 -- Reform and reaction at St Andrews, 1579-88 -- The rise and fall of "Melvillian" St Andrews, 1588-97 -- The rise of "the moderates" in St Andrews, 1597-1606 -- "Godly" humanism, civic control : Scotland's Protestant arts colleges, 1582-c.1606 -- The Scottish universities post-Melville, c. 1606-25 -- Conclusion -- Appendix : student matriculations and graduations, 1559-1625.
Summary This book surveys the transformation of Scotland's medieval and Catholic university system into a greatly-expanded Protestant one in the decades following the Scottish Reformation of 1560. It also assesses the contribution of religious reformer Andrew Mel.
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Subject Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622.
Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622.
University of St. Andrews -- History.
University of St. Andrews.
History.
Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622.
University of St. Andrews -- History.
Universities and colleges -- Scotland -- History -- 16th century.
Universities and colleges.
Scotland.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Universities and colleges -- Scotland -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Education, Higher -- Scotland -- History -- 16th century.
Education, Higher.
Education, Higher -- Scotland -- History -- 17th century.
Reformation -- Scotland.
Reformation.
Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
Intellectual life.
Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 1500-1699
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Reid, Steven J. Humanism and Calvinism. Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011 (DLC) 2010041851
ISBN 9780754698463 (e-book)
0754698467 (e-book)
1409400050 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781409400059 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781409400059 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 9786612963247