Scottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity: Illiteracy and Society in Scotland and Northern England, 1600 1800 by R. a. Houston

Scottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity: Illiteracy and Society in Scotland and Northern England, 1600 1800

Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past

R. a. Houston

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Scottish education and literacy have achieved a legendary status. A campaign promoted by church and state between 1560 and 1696 is said to have produced the most literate population in the early modern world. This book sets out to test this belief...

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