The University of Edinburgh: An Illustrated History

This pioneering work is an attractively written and illustrated history of the University of Edinburgh since its origins in the late sixteenth century. The book covers the Reformation, the Enlightenment (in which the university played a central role), the introduction to the university syllabus of science and medicine, and the changing relationship between the university on the one hand and the city, the nation, and the United Kingdom and Europe on the other.