1st Edition
English Students at Leiden University, 1575-1650 'Advancing your abilities in learning and bettering your understanding of the world and state affairs'
By Daniela Prögler
Copyright 2013
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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The oldest and most renowned Dutch university, Leiden was an attractive proposition for travelling foreign students in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Alongside offering an excellent academic program and outstanding facilities, Leiden was also able to cater to the desires of noble students providing various extra-curricular activities. Leiden was the most popular continental university... Read more
Introduction; 1: Universities; 2: English students at home; 3: English students abroad; 4: England and the Netherlands; 5: Fame and success of Leiden University; 6: English students at Leiden; Conclusions
Biography
Daniela Prögler studied history and archaeology in Frankfurt, Dublin, and Cambridge. Her research interests include university history, and social and cultural history in early modern times.
'... a remarkable achievement.' Renaissance Quarterly '... a welcome addition to the historiography. ... it will appeal to the specialist ...' History of Universities 'Prögler has produced a careful study that tackles even more than the title advertises, and her data on the English students who matriculated will be of enduring value.' Isis
