The Archives of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
The Archives of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds

Author: Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780851150871

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The abbey's extensive archives, now scattered in English and USlibraries, are for the first time properly listed. Dr Thomson discusseshow the collection was formed, maintained and used.

Memory's Library
Memory's Library

Author: Jennifer Summit

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-11-15

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0226781720

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In Jennifer Summit’s account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition; they are volatile spaces that actively shape the meanings and uses of books, reading, and the past. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey’s famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, Memory’s Library revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England. Summit argues that the medieval sources that survive in English collections are the product of a Reformation and post-Reformation struggle to redefine the past by redefining the cultural place, function, and identity of libraries. By establishing the intellectual dynamism of English libraries during this crucial period of their development, Memory’s Library demonstrates how much current discussions about the future of libraries can gain by reexamining their past.

A Guide to the Town, Abbey and Antiquities of Bury St. Edmunds
A Guide to the Town, Abbey and Antiquities of Bury St. Edmunds

Author: J Deck

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-09

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781296601591

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The Library
The Library

Author: Arthur der Weduwen

Publisher: Profile Books

Published: 2021-10-14

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1788163443

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LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A sweeping, absorbing history, deeply researched, of that extraordinary and enduring phenomenon: the library' Richard Ovenden, author of Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge under Attack Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes or filled with bean bags and children's drawings - the history of the library is rich, varied and stuffed full of incident. In this, the first major history of its kind, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen explore the contested and dramatic history of the library, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today. Along the way, they introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections, trace the rise and fall of fashions and tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanours committed in pursuit of rare and valuable manuscripts.

On the Abbey of S. Edmund at Bury
On the Abbey of S. Edmund at Bury

Author: Montague Rhodes James

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780265224274

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Excerpt from On the Abbey of S. Edmund at Bury: I, the Library, II, the Church Useless, however, I cannot think it, unless the gauging of the intellectual resources or the mental equipment of the men of old time be useless. In a modern biography it is often a chief point of interest to know what books the subject of the biography liked best - to what authors he owed most. And in a case like the present we are but extending the field a little, and ascertaining what authors were studied by a whole body of men who in their time were a mighty power in Eastern England, nay, at the ruling centre of England itself. I am not a historian, but I feel certain that it is worth while to know something about the literary and religious influences under which the members of so great a society as was the Abbey of Bury were educated. But I must approach the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.