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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
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Thomas Fuller
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Edited by Marmaduke Prickett
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Edited by Thomas Wright
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Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:360 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | British and Irish History |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781108004657
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Classifications | Dewey:378.4265909 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
20 July 2009 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
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