Annals of Cambridge

Volume 2 of this authoritative five-volume Victorian history of the town and university of Cambridge covers the Elizabethan period.

Charles Henry Cooper (Author)

9781108000314, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2009

652 pages
21.6 x 3.3 x 14 cm, 0.74 kg

Charles Henry Cooper charted over half a millennium of life at Cambridge in the five volumes of Annals of Cambridge. Cooper practised as a solicitor in Cambridge, and was also town clerk from 1849 until his death in 1866. He was a keen historian and devoted a great deal of time to archival research, particularly into local history. Drawing on extensive public and private records, including petitions, town treasurers' accounts, restoration records, death certificates, legal articles and letters to ruling royalty, Cooper compiled a comprehensive chronological history of Cambridge, documenting the 'city of scholars' through its tumultuous political and religious growing pains. It was published in parts, in the face of considerable opposition from the university authorities, but was eventually acclaimed as an authoritative account. This second volume, published in 1843, covers the Elizabethan period, from 1546–1601, and includes the founding of the University Press.

1. Edward VI
2. Mary
3. Elizabeth.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC]