Nigel Aston (Research Associate, Research Associate, University of

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Enlightened Oxford

The University and the Cultural and Political Life of Eighteenth-Century Britain and Beyond

Beschreibung

Enlightened Oxford takes a fresh look at the eighteenth-century University of Oxford and its relation to the state, society, and religion of the time, and how a long-established institution managed to navigate the multiple political challenges of the era while maintaining a cultural presence and a surprising capacity for adaptability.

Autor

Nigel Aston is a Research Associate at the University of York, and Reader Emeritus in the School of History, Politics, and International Relations at the University of Leicester where he taught for two decades. Educated at Durham and Christ Church, Oxford, he is the author of several single-authored books and numerous articles on British and French eighteenth-century religious and political history and is currently completing the editing of the Yale Boswell Editions The correspondence of James Boswell with the Rev. W.J. Temple, Vol. 2: 1777-1796.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 844
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1512g
• ISBN-13: 9780199246830
• ISBN-10: 0199246831
• Artikelnr.: 66125853