Humanism in Renaissance Scotland

Humanism in Renaissance Scotland
Edited by John MacQueen, Contributors include R. Schoeck, M. Kemp, A. Broadie, A. Kellar, J. Durkan and J. Cameron
199 pages, Hardbound

The Scots men of learning and genius before the Enlightenment did not live in a kind of intellectual vacuum. This book studies their culture both at home and on the continent. Humanism appears as central to the multiple achievements of Renaissance Scotland as to those of France or Italy.

A group of scholars look at the various aspects of humanism, examining Latin and vernacular literature, painting and architecture, law, philosophy, education, religion, science, medicine and mathematics.