Oxford and Cambridge by Christopher Brooke
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Oxford and Cambridge
Summary
An illustrated history of these two cities describing the growth of the towns and the development of the universities and their colleges, from the 12th to the 20th century. It aims to tie together a narrative history with the architecture, with many photographs of places not normally seen.
Oxford and Cambridge Summary
Table of Contents
The formation of the universities; the first Oxford colleges; the first Cambridge colleges; 1450-1550: the colleges take over; 1550-1640: Cranmer to Laud - the Anglican establishment at Cambridge and Oxford, the new colleges in Cambridge, the statutes of 1570, religious change - recusants and Puritans, the changing pattern of entry, Oxford - Jesus, Wadham and Pembroke, libraries and printing presses - Sir Thomas Bodley, new subjects to study, links with Parliament and the Crown, Oxford, the Stuarts and William Laud; from the age of Cromwell to the age of Newton; Oxford and Cambridge in the eighteenth century: Cambridge from Bentley to Wordsworth; 1800-1920: the Cambridge of Hopkins and Whewell, the Oxford of Newman, Cambridge and Oxford in the age of Pattison and Jowett 1880-1920; the mid twentieth century.
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GOR004630477
9780521301398
0521301394
Oxford and Cambridge by Christopher Brooke
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
19880526
400
N/A
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