▁the ▁Chron ic ler ▁Andrew ▁of ▁W ynt oun , ▁though ▁writing ▁in ▁Latin ▁for ▁a ▁European ▁audience ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁Sc ots ▁Andrew ▁wrote ▁for ▁his ▁arist ocr atic ▁Sc ots ▁pat rons . ▁Although ▁the ▁document ary ▁evidence ▁available ▁to ▁Major ▁was ▁limited , ▁his ▁scholar ly ▁approach ▁was ▁adopted ▁and ▁improved ▁by ▁later ▁histor ians ▁of ▁Scotland , ▁including ▁his ▁pup il ▁H ector ▁Bo e ce , ▁and ▁John ▁Les ley . ▁ ▁Cal vin ▁and ▁Lo y ola ▁In ▁ 1 5 0 6 ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁doctor ate ▁in ▁the ology ▁by ▁Paris ▁where ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁teach ▁and ▁progress ▁through ▁the ▁hierarchy , ▁becoming ▁for ▁a ▁brief ▁period ▁R ector . ▁( Some ▁ 1 8 ▁of ▁his ▁fellow ▁Sc ots ▁had ▁held ▁or ▁were ▁to ▁hold ▁this ▁pr estig ious ▁position ). ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁ren owned ▁logic ian ▁and ▁phil os opher . ▁He ▁is ▁reported ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁very ▁clear ▁and ▁force ful ▁lect urer , ▁attract ing ▁students ▁from ▁all ▁over ▁Europe . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁rather ▁dry , ▁some ▁said ▁' bar bar ic ', ▁written ▁Latin ▁style . ▁He ▁was ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁Pierre ▁Bay le ▁as ▁writing ▁" in ▁sty lo ▁Sor bon ico ", ▁not ▁meaning ▁this ▁as ▁a ▁compl iment . ▁His ▁interests ▁r anged ▁across ▁the ▁burning ▁issues ▁of ▁the ▁day . ▁His ▁approach ▁largely ▁followed ▁Nom inal ism ▁which ▁was ▁in ▁t une ▁with ▁the ▁growing ▁emphas is ▁on