Author: BROOKE, CHRISTOPHER (1927-2015). HIGHFIELD, JOHN ROGER LOXDALE. SWAAN, WIM
Title: Oxford and Cambridge / Christopher Brooke and Roger Highfield ; photographs by Wim Swaan
Description: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 1988. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered.Provenance; from the library of Geoffrey Wynne-Thomas with his bookplate bearing the inscription 'Virtutus gloria merces'. Physical description; xxi. 367 p. : ill. maps. ports. ; 29 cm. Notes; Illustrations on lining papers. Includes bibliography and index. Contents; The formation of the universities; the first Oxford colleges; the first Cambridge colleges; (1450-1550): the colleges take over; (1550-1640): Cranmer to Laud - the Anglican establishment at Cambridge and Oxford. the new colleges in Cambridge. the statutes of 1570. religious change - recusants and Puritans. the changing pattern of entry. Oxford - Jesus. Wadham and Pembroke. libraries and printing presses - Sir Thomas Bodley. new subjects to study. links with Parliament and the Crown. Oxford. the Stuarts and William Laud; from the age of Cromwell to the age of Newton; Oxford and Cambridge in the eighteenth century: Cambridge from Bentley to Wordsworth; (1800-1920): the Cambridge of Hopkins and Whewell. the Oxford of Newman. Cambridge and Oxford in the age of Pattison and Jowett (1880-1920); the mid twentieth century. Summary; An illustrated history of these two cities describing the growth of the towns and the development of the universities and their colleges. from the 12th to the 20th century. It aims to tie together a narrative history with the architecture. with many photographs of places not normally seen. Subjects; University of Oxford — History. University of Cambridge — History. University of Oxford — Buildings — History. University of Cambridge — Buildings — History. University of Oxford — Description — Views. University of Cambridge — Description — Views. University of Oxford — Pictorial works. University of Cambridge. — Pictorial works. University of Cambridge — Studies. University of Oxford — Studies. Interior architecture — England — Oxford. Interior decoration — England — Oxford. Interior architecture — England — Cambridge. Interior decoration — England — Cambridge. Architecture. Universities. Cambridge (England) — History. Oxford (England) — History. Oxfordshire. Oxford. Universities: University of Oxford. — 1975. Cambridgeshire. Cambridge. Universities: University of Cambridge. — to 1975. Oxfordshire — Oxford — Universities — University of Oxford — to 1975. universities. academic buildings Education — British Isles. Oxford. Cambridge (England). History. British Isles. Education / Higher. Architecture / General. History / Europe / Western. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0521301394. Weight in Kg appr.:

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