The Architectural Drawings of Magdalen College, Oxford

The Architectural Drawings of Magdalen College, Oxford
Author: Roger White
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780199248667

The architectural drawings of Magdalen College, Oxford number some thousand items and make up a collection unparalleled at any other Oxford or Cambridge college. They span three centuries, from the early eighteenth century to the present day, and contain many beautiful contributions from someof the great names of English architecture including Nicholas Hawksmoor, James Wyatt, John Nash, Humphry Repton, A. W. N. Pugin, and leading members of the Scott dynasty. This is the first comprehensive catalogue of the collection, lavishly illustrated in both colour and black and white. It isprefaced by a detailed introductory essay by Roger White which sets the drawings in their context, and provides an overview of the architectural evolution of this most famously picturesque of Oxford colleges. The catalogue has been compiled with the assistance of Robin Darwall-Smith, Archivist,Magdalen College.

Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547

Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547
Author: Laura Flannigan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2023-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009371371

The dawn of the Tudor regime is one of most recognisable periods of English history. This book sheds new light on the relationship between Crown and society by exploring the untouched archives for the Tudor monarchy's administration of justice, presenting a more holistic vision of politics and society in late medieval and early modern England.

Seventeenth-century Oxford

Seventeenth-century Oxford
Author: Nicholas Tyacke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1456
Release: 1997
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780199510146

Volume IV of the magisterial History of the University of Oxford covers the seventeenth century, a period when both institutionally and intellectually the University was expanding. Oxford and its University, moreover, had a major role to play in the tumultuous religious and political eventsof the century: the Civil War, the Commonwealth, the Restoration. In this volume, leading experts in several fields combine to present a comprehensive and authoritative analysis and overview of the rich pattern of intellectual, political, and cultural life in seventeenth-century Oxford.