The History of the University of Oxford: Volume I: The Early Oxford Schools - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199510113 ISBN 13: 9780199510115

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1984

Synopsis

This volume is primarily concerned with the establishment of the University in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and the development of its studies in the high age of scholasticism, up to the great philosophical debate between William of Ockham and his Mertonian opponents in the fourteenth century. Contributors: R. W. Southern, M. B. Hackett, C. H. Lawrence, J. I. Catto, M. W. Sheehan, J. R. L. Highfield, T. H Aston, R. Faith, J. M. Fletcher, P. O. Lewry, J. A. Weisheipl, J. L. Barton, L. E. Boyle, Jean Dunbabin.

About this title

About the Author:

J. I. Catto is at Oriel College, Oxford.

Review:

'a supremely beautiful object which I consider cheap at the price.' A. N. Wilson, Sunday Times

'The book is best savoured and admired as a collection of original scholarly essays on a major theme of first-rate interest and importance. There is a fundamental plan and shape which ensures that almost every topic is covered in a comprehensive way... C. N. L. Brooke, Journal of
Ecclesiastical History

'this volume ... must be regarded as a work of monumental scholarship and a major contribution to our understanding of mediaeval society.' V. H. H. Green, Medium Aevum

`These two volumes provide (amongst a great deal else) what may be evidence about ancient approaches to some of the most important general issues of governance and freedom that face the modern unversity.'
Higher Education Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0199510113
• ISBN 13: 9780199510115
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 728
• Editor: Catto J. I., Aston T. H., Evans Ralph