- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- A Note about the Text
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Glasgow University to 1701
- 3 Principal Stirling's Regime: Family and Politics, 1701–1725
- 4 Glasgow under the Campbells, 1725–1742
- 5 Squadrone Glasgow and the Return of the Duke of Argyll, 1742–1761
- 6 The Age of Bute and the Moderates
- 7 Glasgow University in the Age of Dundas
- 8 Edinburgh University to 1704
- 9 Edinburgh Appointments in the Faculty of Divinity
- 10 Chairs of Interest to Lawyers
- 11 Surgical and Medical Chairs
- 12 The Arts Chairs
- 13 The Arts Chairs, 1690–c. 1715
- 14 St Mary's College and Other Appointments, 1713–1747
- 15 The Untold Story
- 16 Thomas Tullideph's St Andrews, 1747–1777
- 17 The Dundas Era at St Andrews, 1780–1806
- 18 Summaries and Results
- I. Manuscripts Sources
- II. Unpublished Dissertations, Books and Articles
- III.Other Sources
- Appendices
- Appendix 2
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Chairs of Interest to Lawyers
Chairs of Interest to Lawyers
- Chapter:
- (p.252) 10 Chairs of Interest to Lawyers
- Source:
- Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment
- Author(s):
Roger L. Emerson
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
This chapter discusses the lawyers' interest in the humanist's post which taught humanity or Latin. It observes that Scottish lawyers had long taken a special interest in the teaching of Latin because their classes were given in Latin. It notes that the professors on the continent, where Scots lawyers generally trained before the 1730s, also taught background courses on Roman history, which was useful to those studying civil law also given in Latin. It reports that the lawyers asserted their interest in the humanist's post by providing an endowment for it in 1597, which led to the creation of a body nominating candidates for this chair. It further reports that the body was composed of a Writer to the Signet, an advocate, two Lords of Session, and two town councilors.
Keywords: humanist, humanity, Latin, Scottish lawyers, Roman history, civil law, Writer to the Signet, Lords of Session
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- A Note about the Text
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Glasgow University to 1701
- 3 Principal Stirling's Regime: Family and Politics, 1701–1725
- 4 Glasgow under the Campbells, 1725–1742
- 5 Squadrone Glasgow and the Return of the Duke of Argyll, 1742–1761
- 6 The Age of Bute and the Moderates
- 7 Glasgow University in the Age of Dundas
- 8 Edinburgh University to 1704
- 9 Edinburgh Appointments in the Faculty of Divinity
- 10 Chairs of Interest to Lawyers
- 11 Surgical and Medical Chairs
- 12 The Arts Chairs
- 13 The Arts Chairs, 1690–c. 1715
- 14 St Mary's College and Other Appointments, 1713–1747
- 15 The Untold Story
- 16 Thomas Tullideph's St Andrews, 1747–1777
- 17 The Dundas Era at St Andrews, 1780–1806
- 18 Summaries and Results
- I. Manuscripts Sources
- II. Unpublished Dissertations, Books and Articles
- III.Other Sources
- Appendices
- Appendix 2
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
