G R Evans

The University of Oxford

A New History

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Produktbeschreibung

The University of Oxford was a medieval wonder. After its foundation in the late 12th century it made a crucial contribution to the core syllabus of all medieval universities - the study of the liberal arts law, medicine and theology - and attracted teachers of international calibre and fame. The ideas of brilliant thinkers like innovative translator of Greek Robert Grosseteste, pioneering philosopher Roger Bacon and reforming Christian humanist John Colet redirected traditional scholasticism and helped usher in the Renaissance. In her concise and much-praised new history, G R Evans reveals a powerhouse of learning and culture in scintillating detail. Evans brings Oxford's revolutionary events, as well as its remarkable intellectual journey, to vivid and sparkling life. This book traverses the centuries to delve into the history of the University of Oxford throughout the centuries, governments and political climates it has existed within.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 136mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781350225824
• ISBN-10: 1350225827
• Artikelnr.: 63736870

Autorenporträt

G.R. Evans is Professor Emeritus of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction:
Coming to Oxford 1 Towards Oxford today Not an Inkling of the future?
Riding out the First World War Oxford takes the state's penny Letting the
women in: 1920 and after Between the Wars The Second World War and its
aftermath A Symposium at Worcester: the 1950s to the 1980s From student
protest to the battle for academic freedom The 1990s and the beginning of
another Oxford century 2 Oxford's Middle Ages Oxford from the inside:
inventing a University Designing a syllabus Housing the scholars Quarrels
and confrontations 3 Oxford and the interfering Tudors Renaissance in
Oxford Reformation in Oxford Consequences for the colleges Another
inspection: Edward VI goes 'visiting' Mary Tudor's Visitors: the volte-face
Elizabeth puts Oxford under the statutes of the realm Teaching the arts
from the late sixteenth century 4 Oxford keeps up with the times Oxford and
the state A society of scholars: student life in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries Independent intellectuals and new styles of academic
life Teaching: the changing intellectual life of Oxford Experiments in
collegiate life and new ideas about universities The Bodleian Library and
the University Press 5 The nineteenth-century transformation Varieties of
student life at Oxford The Oxford Movement State interference and the
threat of external 'reform' brings about major change What became of the
liberal arts? Bringing the syllabus up to date: the Oxford reform of
classical education Oxford studies the sciences Examinations reformed
Oxford does its bit for social mobility Conclusion Notes Select
bibliography Index