Church and University in the Scottish Enlightenment - The Moderate Literati of Edinburgh (BOK)

Richard Sher

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Since its original publication in 1985, Church and University in the Scottish Enlightenment has come to be regarded as a classic work in 18th-century Scottish history and Enlightenment studies. It depicts Hugh Blair, Alexander Carlyle, Adam Ferguson, John Home, and William Robertson as an intimate coterie that played a central role in the Scottish Enlightenment, seen here not only as an intellectual but as a cultural movement. These men were among the leaders in the University of Edinburgh, in the Moderate party in the Church of Scotland, and in Edinburgh's thriving clubs.

They used their institutional influence and their books, plays, sermons, and pamphlets to promulgate the tenets of Moderatism, including polite Presbyterianism, Christian Stoicism, civic humanism, social and political conservatism, and the tolerant, cosmopolitan values of the international Enlightenment. Using a wide variety of sources and an interdisciplinary methodology, this collective biography portrays these 'Moderate Iiterati' as zealous activists for the cause in which they believed, ranging from support for a Scots militia, Ossian, and Roman Catholic relief to opposition to the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and the American and French Revolutions
Produktfakta
Språk Engelsk Engelsk Innbinding Heftet
Utgitt 2015 Forfatter Richard Sher
Forlag
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
ISBN 9781474407434
Antall sider 432 Dimensjoner 21,7cm x 14cm x 2,6cm
Vekt 544 gram Originaltittel Church and University in the Scottish Enlightenment - The Moderate Literati of Edinburgh
Emner og form British & Irish history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches