Reid, Steven J.

Humanism and Calvinism Andrew Melville and the universities of Scotland, 1560-1625 / [electronic resource] : Steven J. Reid. - Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : illustrations. - St. Andrews studies in Reformation history . - St. Andrews studies in Reformation history. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622.
Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622.
Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622.


University of St. Andrews--History.
University of St. Andrews--History.
University of St. Andrews.


1500-1699


Universities and colleges--History--Scotland--16th century.
Universities and colleges--History--Scotland--17th century.
Education, Higher--History--Scotland--16th century.
Education, Higher--History--Scotland--17th century.
Reformation--Scotland.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher.
Intellectual life.
Reformation.
Universities and colleges.


Scotland--Intellectual life--16th century.
Scotland--Intellectual life--17th century.
Scotland.


Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

LA657 / .R45 2011eb

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