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Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment
Roger L. Emerson
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Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities
出版Edinburgh University Press, 2008-04-29
主題Education / Schools / Levels / HigherHistory / Modern / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / General
ISBN07486312919780748631292
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=c-uqBgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book considers the politics of patronage appointments at the universities in Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews, exploring the ways in which 388 men secured posts in three Scottish universities between 1690 and 1806. Most professors were political appointees vetted and supported by political factions and their leaders. This comprehensive study explores the improving agenda of political patrons and of those they served and relates this to the Scottish Enlightenment. Emerson argues that what was happening in Scotland was also occurring in other parts of Europe where, in relatively autonomous localities, elite patrons also shaped things as they wished them to be. The role of patronage in the Enlightenment is essential to any understanding of its origins and course.