Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 The Akademia Zamojska: Shaping a Renaissance University 1 Universities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 2 The Polish Political System 3 The School and the City 4 Organisation of the Academy and Its Models 5 Study Programmes and Regulations 6 Doctoral Studies 2 Migration and Knowledge 1 Part 1 1.1 Recruitment of the First Teachers 1.2 A Varied and Cosmopolitan Teaching Body 1.3 Libraries within the Library 2 Part 2 2.1 Motives and Methods of the Study Trips 2.2 Travels of Teaching Staff and the Polish-Italian Network 2.3 The Poles in Padua 3 Philosophical Skills for Political Life 1 Part 1 1.1 Printers and Professors around the Press 1.

2 Grammar Textbooks for the Younger Students 1.3 Rhetoric in the Syllabus and in the Print Shop 1.4 A Science of Discourse 1.5 A Dialectic for Governance 2 Part 2 2.1 Reasoning as a Politician 2.2 Hidden Treasures in the Manuscript Archive 2.3 The Place of Ethics in the Curriculum ContentsAfterword Annex 1 Fundatio Academiae Zamoscensis 2 Deeds of Foundation of the Akademia Zamojska Bibliography Index of Names.