The Sixth Scottish University
The Scots Colleges Abroad: 1575 to 1799
Biographical note
Tom McInally, Ph.D. (2008) in History, is Honorary Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen. His published papers are on the Scots Catholic colleges in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Readership
All interested in Scottish matters and in the history of northern Catholicism, educational institutions and the development of ideas in the Arts and Sciences in the early modern period.
Table of contents
List of Tables, Figures and Maps
Acknowledgements
Chapter One The Sixth Scottish University
Chapter Two Development of the Colleges - Networks and Political Involvement
The Need for Catholic Colleges
Scots Benedictines in Germany
The Execution of the Queen
Formation of the Colleges
Furthering Political Aims
A Scottish University
Distractions, Progress and Retrenchment
Toleration in Scotland
Chapter Three The Education Provided
European Movements in Education
College Buildings
Ratio Studiorum
Espousal of Enlightenment Values
The Penalties of a Catholic Education
Chapter Four The Students and their Backgrounds
The Students
Family Connections
Chapter Five Catholic Missions in Scotland
Changes over Time
The Mission in Scotland
Chapter Six Heritage
Appendix: A List of Scottish Nobles identified by their disposition towards Mary Queen of Scots
Bibliography
Archives
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index
Acknowledgements
Chapter One The Sixth Scottish University
Chapter Two Development of the Colleges - Networks and Political Involvement
The Need for Catholic Colleges
Scots Benedictines in Germany
The Execution of the Queen
Formation of the Colleges
Furthering Political Aims
A Scottish University
Distractions, Progress and Retrenchment
Toleration in Scotland
Chapter Three The Education Provided
European Movements in Education
College Buildings
Ratio Studiorum
Espousal of Enlightenment Values
The Penalties of a Catholic Education
Chapter Four The Students and their Backgrounds
The Students
Family Connections
Chapter Five Catholic Missions in Scotland
Changes over Time
The Mission in Scotland
Chapter Six Heritage
Appendix: A List of Scottish Nobles identified by their disposition towards Mary Queen of Scots
Bibliography
Archives
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index
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