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Author:   J. Mordaunt Crook (Supernumerary Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.324kg
ISBN:  

9780199544868

ISBN 10:   0199544867
Pages:   574
Publication Date:   06 November 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: 1509-1688 Martyrs and King's Men: Reformation, War and Revolution 2: 1688-1785 Georgian Brasenose: Tories and Jacobites, Methodists and Freemasons 3: 1785-1822 'The First College in Oxford': Cleaver, Hodson and the Hebers 4: 1822-1853 Religion and Reform: The Brasenose of Gilbert and Harington 5: 1853-1886 The Age of Athletic Prizemen: Walter Pater and 'The Chief' 6: 1886-1918 Officers and Gentlemen: The Days of Haig and Buchan 7: 1918-1948 Brideshead Suspended: The Legacy of Stallybrass 8: 1948 onwards All Change: Towards a Global Elite Appendices a. List of Principals b. List of Major Benefactors c. Members of the Phoenix Common Room d. List of Rhodes Scholars e. Presidents of the Brasenose Society f. The College Grace Plans: College Site and Buildings Index

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More than 100 illustrations...do much to bring life and clarity to an absorbing narrative. Professor Crook writes with panache. Judith Bumpus, The Art Newspaper ...an interesting story, well told in a volme that deserves a readership well beyond its immediate circle. Alan Bell, Times Literary Supplement A story that the author tells with relish, with obviour affection for his college but also detachment and objectivity, so that here is Brasenose, and indeed Oxford, warts and all... The book is a tour de force. F.M.L. Thompson, Oxoniensia.

`...lavishly comprehensive...only a labour of love could be written with such zest.' Oxford Magazine

More than 100 illustrations...do much to bring life and clarity to an absorbing narrative. Professor Crook writes with panache. Judith Bumpus, The Art Newspaper ...an interesting story, well told in a volme that deserves a readership well beyond its immediate circle. Alan Bell, Times Literary Supplement

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