History of Universities Volume XVI (1) 2000 [Hardcover]

An indispensable tool for the historian of higher education, Volume XVI of History of Universities offers learned articles, book reviews, conference reports, and bibliographical information. Its contributions range widely geographically, chronologically, and in subject matter.

The Earliest Oxford Supplication List for Papal Provisions,William J. Courtenay
The Visitations to Aberdeen's Colleges in 1619: Scotland's Universities and the Nature of Concern about 'Truth' and 'Heresy',Mark Lilley
'Fleshy Books': Isaac Barrow and the Oratorical Critique of Cartesian Natural Philosophy,Ian Stewart
Enlightenment and the University: Philosophy, Communication, and Education in the Early Writings of David Hume,Christopher J. Finlay
Creating a Canon: Dugald Stewart's Construction of the Scottish Enlightenment,Michael Brown
'The First Blast of the Trumpet: John Stuart Blackie and the Struggle against University Tests in Scotland 1839-1853,Stuart Wallace
The Social Legitimization of an 'Untimely' Institution: The Case of the First Bulgarian University,Pepka Boyadjieva
Research Notes,Jonathan Davies
Book Reviews
Bibliography