Documents Relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge

This collection of historical sources includes charters and statutes for ten colleges of Cambridge University founded between 1428 and 1800.

University of Cambridge (Author)

9781108000437, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2009

660 pages
21.6 x 3.7 x 14 cm, 0.83 kg

In the mid-nineteenth century, a royal commission was appointed to investigate 'the state, discipline, studies, and revenues' of Cambridge University, and eventually recommended radical reforms. As part of its brief, it gathered records that had been preserved for centuries as the university evolved. Published in three volumes in 1852 under the title Documents Relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge, the compilation, much of it in its original Latin, charts the university's emergence as one of the world's leading academic institutions and the challenges it faced along the way. This material remains a valuable resource for historians of British education and society. Volume 3 includes the original charters and statutes for ten of the colleges, from Magdalene (founded 1428) to Downing (1800), as well as decrees, deeds and, in the case of Trinity, royal letters.

1. Queens' College
2. St Catharine's Hall
3. Jesus College
4. Christ's College
5. St John's College
6. Magdalene College
7. Trinity College
8. Emmanuel College
9. Sidney Sussex College
10. Downing College

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