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CONTENTS 6 Acknowledgements 12 List of Illustrations 14 PART I A HISTORY 16 Introduction 18 The university that was never founded 18 The myth of the wise merchant 18 A scarcity of sources 20 The historiography of Athenaeum and University 25 Research question 32 Structure of this book 33 Editorial principles 35 Chapter One Higher Education in the Low Countries 36 Foundations 36 A nursery for the state 37 A nursery for the church 39 Advantages for the city 40 Advantages for the parents 44 The specific function of an illustrious school 45 The practical utility of knowledge 50 The controversial start of the Amsterdam Athenaeum 55 Chapter Two An Amsterdam Cortege 60 The inauguration of the Illustrious School 60 The first period: "The illustrious beginning" 62 Vossius and Barlaeus: the workaholic and the melancholic 64 'The illusions of Martinus Hortenius' 70 Cabeliau's commas 75 Christianus Ravius, an 'extraordinary teacher' 79 The end of the first period 82 The second period 83 Johannes Klenckius: Royal knight, Lord of Odessa, and a 'silly and empty-headed man' 83 The respectable philosopher Arnoldus Senguerdius 85 Alexander de Bie: versatile and long-serving 88 Albertus Rusius: able

Author

geraldine.cordero

Published

2009

Language

UND