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Brasenose: The Biography of an Oxford College

J. Mordaunt Crook

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Brasenose College was founded in 1509 by a Bishop and a lawyer . Both came from the North West of England, and the college has always been proud of its links with Lancashire and Cheshire. But over the centuries Brasenose--or B.N.C. as it is usually known--has
expanded its reputation worldwide. This is the first full-scale history of Brasenose, timed to coincide with its Quincentenary. The setting is broad: it relates the college to the university, and the university to the wider world of politics. Using archives, letters and diaries, it aims to recreate
something of the variety and texture of academic life over a period of five centuries: the learning, the conversation, the sport; the intellectual milieu and financial context; the architecture inside and out; the food and drink, the quirks of personality, the little dramas, and absurdities that
make up the small change of corporate living.

Language: English

Pages: 574

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: January 26, 2009

ISBN: 0199544867

ISBN 13: 9780199544868

Brasenose: The Biography of an Oxford College

J. Mordaunt Crook

4/5 ( ratings)

Brasenose College was founded in 1509 by a Bishop and a lawyer . Both came from the North West of England, and the college has always been proud of its links with Lancashire and Cheshire. But over the centuries Brasenose--or B.N.C. as it is usually known--has
expanded its reputation worldwide. This is the first full-scale history of Brasenose, timed to coincide with its Quincentenary. The setting is broad: it relates the college to the university, and the university to the wider world of politics. Using archives, letters and diaries, it aims to recreate
something of the variety and texture of academic life over a period of five centuries: the learning, the conversation, the sport; the intellectual milieu and financial context; the architecture inside and out; the food and drink, the quirks of personality, the little dramas, and absurdities that
make up the small change of corporate living.

Language: English

Pages: 574

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: January 26, 2009

ISBN: 0199544867

ISBN 13: 9780199544868

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