| The Building Accounts of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1517-18 Contributor(s): Collett, Barry (Editor), Smith, Angela (Editor), Reid, Julian (With) |
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ISBN: 0904107280 ISBN-13: 9780904107289 Publisher: Oxford Historical Society OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - History | Europe - Medieval - Education | Higher |
| Dewey: 378.425 |
| LCCN: 2019394214 |
| Series: Oxford Historical Society New |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (1.10 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |