The Victoria History of the County of Oxford
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12th-century Beginnings
1954
Academic History
Architectural History
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Colleges and Halls
Comprehensive Scholarly Account
Drawings
English Historical Review
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Estates
F. M. Powicke
Foundation and Buildings
genealogy
Grammar Schools
Hardback
Historians
Illustrations
Institutional History
Muniments
New Information
Old Prints
Outstanding Personalities
Plans
Plates
Precise and Fully Referenced
Religious History
Research
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments
Separate Articles
The Victoria History of the County of Oxford
University Buildings
University History
Product details
- ISBN 9780712910644
- Weight: 1710g
- Dimensions: 208 x 305mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1954
- Publisher: Dawson Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The volume was originally published in 1954, and was the work of a team of distinguished historians. It broke new ground, for although separate histories of the university and its colleges had been written, it was the first comprehensive scholarly account of all those institutions. The opening chapter on the history of the university from its 12th-century beginnings to the mid 20th century is followed by chapters on the grammar schools of the medieval university and on the architectural and institutional history of the several university buildings. The greater portion of the book is devoted to the histories of the colleges and halls, each of which is the subject of a separate article. The articles are precise and fully referenced, telling of such matters as the foundation and buildings of the college, its estates, its religious and academic history, and its outstanding personalities. The many illustrationsinclude plates of old prints and drawings; there are also plans which carry forward the work of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. 'The book abounds in new and interesting information ... the result of research in muniments which have not before been so carefully and intelligently investigated.' (F. M. Powicke in English Historical Review).
