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OverviewAll Souls College in Oxford is a unique academic institution and has had a unique history. But its history has been little known and its fortunes in the period 1600-1850 have been viewed, if at all, through the eyes of the Victorian university 'reformers'. This volume explores for the first time the 'ancien régime' in All Souls on its own terms. It brings together sixteen substantial studies of some of the college's most significant figures, among them the architect and polymath Christopher Wren and the great eighteenth-century lawyer William Blackstone. Its chapters trace the involvement of the College's fellows in the wider world: as key figures in the developing legal profession in London, negotiating the complexities of the English Civil War and the Restoration, as active in national and ecclesiastical politics, as innovators of early modern 'science' and technology, as participants in philosophical and intellectual debate, as significant patrons of art and architecture with European connections, and as administrators of British imperial interests and missionary efforts in the Caribbean and India. Full Product DetailsAuthor: S J D Green (, Professor of Modern History, University of Leeds and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford) , Peregrine Horden (, Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway University of London and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.766kg ISBN: 9780199276356ISBN 10: 0199276358 Pages: 410 Publication Date: 08 November 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsOutstanding scholarship... John Robertson, English Historical Review Anyone interested in the long eighteenth century will find much in this current volume which is interesting and enlightening. Robin Darwall-Smith, Archives Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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