History of Oxford University Press: Volume II
History of Oxford University Press: Volume II

Author: Ian Anders Gadd

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-11

Total Pages: 834

ISBN-13: 0199543151

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The history of Oxford University Press spans five centuries of printing and publishing. Taking the story from 1780 to 1896, this volume covers developments in publishing technology, the output of the University Press, its relationship with the University and city of Oxford, and its growing place in the wider book trade.

Religious Patronage in Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1135
Religious Patronage in Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1135

Author: Emma Cownie

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780861932320

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Although the Norman Conquest of 1066 swept away most of the secular and ecclesiastical leaders of pre-Conquest England, it held some positive aspects for English society, such as its effects on Anglo-Saxon monastic foundations, which this study explores. The first part deals in depth with five individual case studies (Abingdon, Gloucester, Bury St Edmunds, St Albans and St Augustine's, Canterbury) as well as Fenland and other houses, showing how despite mixed fortunes the major houses survived to become the richest in England. The second part places the experiences of the houses in the context of structural changes in religious patronage as well as within the social and political nexus of the Anglo-Norman realm. Dr Cownie analyses the pattern of gifts to religious houses on both sides of the Channel, looking at the reasons why they were made.EMMA COWNIEgained her Ph.D. from the University of Wales at Cardiff; she currently holds a research fellowship at King's College, London.