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

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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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IntroductionRichard FoxThe Building AccountsThe ManuscriptEditorial NoteTranscript of the ManuscriptAppendix 1: Chronology of Bishop Fox's plans and the building of Corpus Christi CollegeAppendix 2: A set of missing building accountsAppendix 3: Purchase of land from master mason, John LebonsAppendix 4: Indenture of 30 June 1513 between Bishop Fox and the Prior and Convent of St Swithun's Priory, WinchesterAppendix 5: John and Jane Huddleston and the Manor of Temple GuitingAppendix 6: Carved details in the Hall at CorpusAppendix 7: Fox's endowment of the College. Letter to Fox concerning property, 22 December 1516Appendix 8: Educational opportunities offered to the sons of Fox's craftsmenAppendix 9: The text of 1514 Artificers Act, with commentary and comment on working conditionsAppendix 10: Craftsmen and suppliers of materials listed in the Corpus building accountsBibliographyIndex

There is much for the reader interested in how building projects were managed, or in sources of supply, in costs, and in how new buildings were fitted-out. The ready availability of the accounts will also enable future researchers easily to make comparisons at a local level with similar accounts for other Oxford projects [.] The volume is, however, of significance for much more than this. An extensive introduction and further appendices (there are ten in all) place the building work in a broader context.