Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Maddicott (Emeritus Fellow in Medieval History, Emeritus Fellow in Medieval History, Exeter College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.756kg ISBN: 9780199689514ISBN 10: 0199689512 Pages: 440 Publication Date: 22 May 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe book is written with the unaffected elegance characteristic of Maddicott's prose, and enlivened by humane details ... These make Founders and Fellowship, as the author clearly intended, as much a biography of a community as of an institution. Sophie Ambler, History This perceptive and meticulous account of the early history of Exeter College is not only a welcome contribution to Oxford history; it throws a distinctive light on the changing role of the graduate cadre in the development of England. * Jeremy Catto, English Historical Review * a valuable contribution to both the early history of Oxford University and to the history of higher education in general. * Claire Cross, Oxoniensia * The book is written with the unaffected elegance characteristic of Maddicott's prose, and enlivened by humane details ... These make Founders and Fellowship, as the author clearly intended, as much a biography of a community as of an institution. * Sophie Ambler, History * There is much in Maddicott's book that expands our knowledge of late medieval and early modern Oxford as well as the role of its fellows in the educational, political, and ecclesiastical life of that time. As a detailed and thorough history of the early centuries of Exeter College it is excellent and draws on a wide variety of manuscript and edited sources. ... Founders and Fellowship is a welcome addition to the literature on Oxford colleges and, indeed, to our understanding of education and college life in late medieval and early modern England. It is strongly recommended for reading by those interested in that field of study. * William J. Courtenay, Sehepunkte * Author InformationJohn Maddicott was born at Exeter in Devonshire and comes from a Devon farming background similar to that of the founder of the College whose history he sets out in this book. He read History at Worcester College, Oxford, and was Fellow and tutor in medieval history at Exeter College from 1969 to 2006. He was elected to the British Academy in 1996, gave the Academy's Raleigh Lecture on British History in 2001, and delivered the University of Oxford's Ford Lectures in 2004. He has published extensively on Anglo-Saxon history and on the social and political history of high medieval England. His most recent book, on the origins of the English parliament, was described by one reviewer as 'one of the masterpieces of historical writing of our time'. He lives in Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
