Oriel College: A History by Jeremy Catto
This is the first history of Oriel College, Oxford for over a hundred years. It is an account of a distinctive society, the college of Thomas More, Walter Raleigh, Gilbert White, Thomas Arnold, John Henry Newman and Cecil Rhodes, written by a group of specialist scholars whose aim it is to place the body of Orielenses in the context not only of Oxford but of British and international history. It is therefore more than a domestic history of the college; it explores the ideas which have animated, and often divided, the members of the college in every generation since 1326, especially during the brilliant Noetic era of the early nineteenth century and the Oxford movement which succeeded it; and it considers the impact of Oriel on national life, including sport and the government of the British Empire. Though designed to conform to the highest standards of historical scholarship, the chapters are accessible to the general reader, and are fully illustrated throughout. Maps and plans are provided to make the physical development of the college easy to follow.
Oriel College is the latest of the Oxford colleges to benfit from a detailed historyJeremy Catto's skilfully edited collection of essays does remarkable double duty, weaving together the interbal history of the colleg and the story of its place in the wider world. And Catto has elicited great narrative unanimity from his contributors. * Richard Cross, The Times Literary Supplement *
this stupendous volume, with its impeccable paper, typeface and illustrations, has something of interest to say about every phase, from the middle ages to the present. It is by way of being a history not merely of Oriel, but of Oxford itself. * A.N. Wilson, The Spectator *
splendidly produced * The Year's Work in English Studies *
the editor and his contributors have produced a monumental history of value far beyond the college walls. * Martin Murphy, Oxoniensia *
While this fine volume will be of special interest to all Orielenses, it is also of great interest to anyone interested in the history of the University of Oxford, and the history of the church in Oxford. * Anglican and Episcopal History *
this stupendous volume, with its impeccable paper, typeface and illustrations, has something of interest to say about every phase, from the middle ages to the present. It is by way of being a history not merely of Oriel, but of Oxford itself. * A.N. Wilson, The Spectator *
splendidly produced * The Year's Work in English Studies *
the editor and his contributors have produced a monumental history of value far beyond the college walls. * Martin Murphy, Oxoniensia *
While this fine volume will be of special interest to all Orielenses, it is also of great interest to anyone interested in the history of the University of Oxford, and the history of the church in Oxford. * Anglican and Episcopal History *
Jeremy Catto is a medieval historian who has taught at the University of Durham and at Oriel College, where he has been a fellow since 1969. His historical interests are focussed on the history or ideas and the history of religion in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199595723 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199595720 |
| Title | Oriel College: A History |
| Author | Jeremy Catto |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2013-11-21 |
| Number of pages | 672 |
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