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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    07 September 2010
    20 July 2009
    ISBN:
    9780511693380
    9781108002295
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511693380
    Dimensions:
    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (198 x 129 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.54kg, 428 Pages
    • Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
    Subjects:
    British History after 1450, History, General
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
    Subjects:
    British History after 1450, History, General
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    This vintage book by the distinguished historian D.A. Winstanley describes Cambridge University in the eighteenth century, a period supposedly characterised by lazy, drunken students, academics preoccupied with their own advancement, and institutionalised resistance to reform. Winstanley's objective was to discover how such a state of affairs came about, and was able to continue for so long. His book is a gold-mine of facts, anecdotes and contemporary descriptions of life at Cambridge. The author explains how Fellows and Professors were elected, how students chose their colleges, and how teaching was organised. Fellows were not permitted to marry, and graduation involved assenting to Anglicanism. There are accounts of bribery, blackmail and brawls. However, amid the morass of 'torpidity', energetic and right-thinking individuals emerged to challenge the status quo and promote educational and institutional reforms.

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