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Ever to Excel : An Illustrated History of the University of St Andrews / Norman Reid.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (206 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781845860592
  • 9781474471930
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.412909 23
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Right out of the blue -- 2 Foundation and festivity -- 3 Roots of reform -- 4 Turmoil and triumph -- 5 Adversity and endurance -- 6 Beyond recognition -- 7 Conflict and growth -- 8 A bullseye centred at the outer reaches -- Notes on sources -- Index
Summary: A history of St Andrews UniversitySix hundred years old, aware of its past, but facing forward, the University of St Andrews remains distinct. Now, more than ever throughout its long, sometimes troubled and often distinguished history, the University invites the highest objective: 'ever to excel'.Norman H. Reid uses the University's own rich archival holdings to introduce the reader to the vibrant and often turbulent 600-year story of the University and its town, set in the wider historical contexts of society, religion, politics and intellectual thought.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474471930

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Right out of the blue -- 2 Foundation and festivity -- 3 Roots of reform -- 4 Turmoil and triumph -- 5 Adversity and endurance -- 6 Beyond recognition -- 7 Conflict and growth -- 8 A bullseye centred at the outer reaches -- Notes on sources -- Index

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A history of St Andrews UniversitySix hundred years old, aware of its past, but facing forward, the University of St Andrews remains distinct. Now, more than ever throughout its long, sometimes troubled and often distinguished history, the University invites the highest objective: 'ever to excel'.Norman H. Reid uses the University's own rich archival holdings to introduce the reader to the vibrant and often turbulent 600-year story of the University and its town, set in the wider historical contexts of society, religion, politics and intellectual thought.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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