St John`s College Cambridge – A History by Linehan, Peter (Editor) - 2011

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Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine in near fine(-) to very good(++) lightly edge-worn jacket now housed in archival mylar./very good(+). Quarto in illus color jacket; xix, 757 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm bibliographical references (pages 695-722) and indexes. Contents: I. The Sixteenth Century / Richard Rex -- FISHER'S COLLEGE -- 1. The Kings Mother -- 2. Origins and Obstacles -- 3. Construction and Consolidation -- 4. Lectures and Languages -- 5. Tutors, Preachers and Plays -- 6. Nicholas Metcalfe and the Problems of Governance -- ST JOHN'S COLLEGE AND THE CRISIS OF THE REFORMATION -- 1. The Impact of the `Break with Rome' -- 2. The Fall of Metcalfe -- 3. John Taylor and the Evangelical Turn -- 4. The Triumph of Renaissance Humanism -- 5. St John's under the `Young Josiah' -- 6. The Restoration of Roman Catholicism -- WILLIAM CECIL'S COLLEGE -- 1. The Elizabethan Settlement -- 2. The First Stirrings of Faction -- 3. William Fulke and the… Read More

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The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. Within a generation of its foundation on the site of a decayed hospital at the behest of Lady Margaret Beaufort, England's queen mother, the College of St John the Evangelist had established itself as one of the kingdom's foremost educational establishments: in the words of one notable contemporary, as 'an university within it selfe' indeed. And in the period thereafter - the years between 1511 and 1989, the period covered by the present volume - St John's has continued to provide its fair share of Prime Ministers and other politicians, bishops, Nobel laureates, artists, writers, and sporting heroes, as well as to irrigate the rich loam of the nation's history in all sorts of other unexpected ways and places. However, not until the organisation of the College's archives and records in the present generation has it been possible to describe in sufficient… Read More

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2011. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. . ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.4kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed cost) for a 5-7 day service, tracked, duties unpaid. ### First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9¾” x 7” (2.4 kg); (xx) 757pp; Index; Bibliography; Contains: Black & white photographs; Facsimiles; List of abbreviations; Frontispiece; Title page vignette; Appendices [6]; ISBN: 9781843836087 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper!… Read More

Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2011. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Thick, very heavy 8vo in in red boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt armorial design to front cover. 757pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc __CONDITION : NEW unread copy in NEW Dust Jacket. __NOTE Due to size and/or weight, shipping will cost more than price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2011. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Thick, very heavy 8vo in in rewd boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt armorial design to front cover. 757pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc. Inscribed and signed by author on the half title leaf (no other inscriptions) __CONDITION : NEW unread copy in NEW Dust Jacket. __NOTE Due to size and/or weight, shipping will cost more than price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS