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Del 48 i serien Oxford Historical Society New Series

Building Accounts of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1517-18

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvBarry Collett,Angela Smith,Julian Reid

609 kr

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This edition of the building accounts is put into a wider context with a study of its founder, Richard Fox.Corpus Christi College, Oxford, was founded in 1517 by Richard Fox, bishop of Winchester. He intended it to educate students in classical Greek, Latin and Hebrew, and their literature; Erasmus praised it as a scholarly achievement, and a beacon of Renaissance classical learning.The heart of this book is an edition of the original fortnightly building site accounts of 1517-1518, giving us a window onto a late-medieval building site, with its detailsof early sixteenth-century building materials, craft techniques, project management skills and working conditions, including siesta periods and sub-contracting. The introduction describes Fox's long road to 1517: his motives far more complicated than a bishop looking for worldly fame and heavenly reward. Born into a Lincolnshire yeoman, Fox studied law at Oxford, rebelled against Richard III and became Henry VII's closest political adviser. Taken together,they provide a detailed account of the foundation of the College, both literal and metaphorical.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2019-06-21
  • Mått138 x 216 x 23 mm
  • Vikt510 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieOxford Historical Society New Series
  • Antal sidor266
  • FörlagOxford Historical Society
  • ISBN9780904107289

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