Professor Nicola Royan: "Early Scottish Humanism and Generational Knowledge" Seminar title: Early Scottish Humanism and Generational Knowledge WiP Abstract: While traditional periodisation tends towards a hard boundary between late medieval and early modern, the powerful disruptions of the sixteenth century are all evident in the fifteenth: print, rediscovering classical texts, reimagining the political structure of the church. My thesis is that Scottish engagement with all these developments in mainland Europe is visible from the mid-15th C, and that the nature of that engagement changes by generation, rendering the standard period boundary of 1500 meaningless. This paper will outline the place of the material research I will undertake during the Fellowship, and why this matters to our understanding of Scottish, British and even European literature and culture. Join the meetingMeeting ID: 387 413 976 148 588Passcode: jk7Dn2rE Jan 13 2027 1:00pm - 2:00pm Professor Nicola Royan: "Early Scottish Humanism and Generational Knowledge" An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Professor Nicola Royan (Visiting Research Fellow). IASH Seminar Room, first floor, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW and online via Teams This article was published on Monday 2 November 2026
Professor Nicola Royan: "Early Scottish Humanism and Generational Knowledge" Seminar title: Early Scottish Humanism and Generational Knowledge WiP Abstract: While traditional periodisation tends towards a hard boundary between late medieval and early modern, the powerful disruptions of the sixteenth century are all evident in the fifteenth: print, rediscovering classical texts, reimagining the political structure of the church. My thesis is that Scottish engagement with all these developments in mainland Europe is visible from the mid-15th C, and that the nature of that engagement changes by generation, rendering the standard period boundary of 1500 meaningless. This paper will outline the place of the material research I will undertake during the Fellowship, and why this matters to our understanding of Scottish, British and even European literature and culture. Join the meetingMeeting ID: 387 413 976 148 588Passcode: jk7Dn2rE Jan 13 2027 1:00pm - 2:00pm Professor Nicola Royan: "Early Scottish Humanism and Generational Knowledge" An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Professor Nicola Royan (Visiting Research Fellow). IASH Seminar Room, first floor, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW and online via Teams This article was published on Monday 2 November 2026
Jan 13 2027 1:00pm - 2:00pm Professor Nicola Royan: "Early Scottish Humanism and Generational Knowledge" An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Professor Nicola Royan (Visiting Research Fellow).
