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Author Mijers, Esther.

Title "News from the Republick of Letters" : Scottish students, Charles Mackie, and the United Provinces, 1650-1750 / by Esther Mijers.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 223 pages :) : map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 161
Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 161. 1573-4188
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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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Subject Mackie, Charles, 1688-1770.
Mackie, Charles, 1688-1770.
Mackie, Charles, 1688-1770.
Scottish students -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century.
Scottish students.
Netherlands.
History.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Scottish students -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Education, Higher -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century.
Education, Higher.
Education, Higher -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century.
Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 17th century.
Scotland.
Emigration and immigration.
Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 1600-1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Mijers, Esther. 'News from the Republick of Letters' : Scottish Students, Charles Mackie and the United Provinces, 1650-1750. Leiden : BRILL, ©2012 9789004210684
ISBN 9789004228160
9004228160
9789004210684