The University of Cambridge

Volume 2 of Mullinger's magisterial history of Cambridge covers the turbulent Elizabethan and early Stuart era.

James Bass Mullinger (Author)

9781108003520, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2009

736 pages
23.4 x 3.7 x 15.6 cm, 1.01 kg

James Bass Mullinger (1834–1917) was a University Lecturer in History and Librarian at St. John's College, Cambridge. His monumental three-volume history of the university was the standard one at the turn of the twentieth century. For most of his career Mullinger worked on the project alongside his academic duties and his writing for periodicals, the first volume appearing in 1873 and the last in 1911. His extraordinary range of knowledge and the sheer scale of the work make this ambitious project a landmark in the history of universities in Britain. Volume 2 covers 1535–1625, a century that saw the most turbulent changes in the university as in the country as a whole. In particular, Mullinger shows how the Reformation was enthusiastically supported by Cambridge men, and how it affected education in the period, ending with an assessment of the divisions that were to lead to the Civil War.

Preface
1. From the royal injunctions of 1535 to the foundation of Trinity College
2. From the foundation of Trinity College to the accession of Elizabeth
3. From the accession of Elizabeth to the death of Archbishop Parker
4. From the death of Archbishop Parker to that of Lord Burghley
5. College life
6. From the death of Lord Burghley to the accession of Charles I
Appendix
Index.

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