The History of the University of Cambridge: From the Conquest to the Year 1634

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The History of the University of Cambridge: From the Conquest to the Year 1634
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Fuller
Edited by Marmaduke Prickett
Edited by Thomas Wright
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
ISBN/Barcode 9781108004657
ClassificationsDewey:378.4265909
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 20 July 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The historian and writer Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) published his 11-volume Church-History of Britain in 1655, together with an appendix volume, the History of the University of Cambridge Since the Conquest. A stand-alone edition of this appendix was prepared with corrections and clarifications by Marmaduke Prickett, chaplain of Trinity College and Thomas Wright, the prolific author of books on the middle ages, and appeared in 1840. This historic account is now republished, offering detailed and lively insights into the university's origins, roots and traditions. It also provides an informed commentary, sometimes biting, sometimes fantastic, on the university's complex relationship with the church, Oxford and the town authorities of Cambridge. Anyone interested in English history from William the Conqueror to Charles I, through plague, upheavals and civil war, or in the development of university education, will enjoy this classic book.