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Scottish Education, School and University ... to 1908. with an Addendum 1908-1913
Scottish Education School and University to 1908 with an Addendum 19081913 Author:John Kerr General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1913 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III FIRST PERIOD TO 1560. ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY While much in connection with St Andrews from very early times up to the 1oth or 11th century is outside the domain of authentic history, there is so much that cannot be questioned as to make us recognise a singular propriety in its being the possessor of the first Scottish seminary bearing the name of University. This honour and benefit fell to it in 1411, thanks to Bishop Wardlaw who in 1413 received from Pope Benedict XIII a Bull giving papal confirmation of the foundation. Its claim to this honour is strictly in keeping with its holding the Primacy of the whole Scottish Church from the downfall of lona to that of the medieval Church1; its connection with the Culdees ; its St Regulus Tower marking the change from the Celtic to the Roman Church; its priory, cathedral and monasteries -- among the oldest in Scotland ; its Schola Illustris2 the existence of which is undoubted though its exact date is uncertain, and which was probably the germ which many years afterwards developed into a University. 1 For a long time the head ecclesiastic of Scotland was the Archbishop of Canterbury, much to the dissatisfaction of the Scots, whom the Pope would not allow to have an Archbishop of their own. The first Archbishop of St Andrews was Patrick Graham in 1465, the second was William Scheves in 1478, Graham having been deposed for maladministration. Dictionary of National Biography. 2 The Schola Illustris was probably a part of the monastic buildings. The Pedagogy contained both class-rooms and dormitories as well as a kitchen and other domestic offices, ...« less