The Warden’s Punishment Book of All Souls College, Oxford, 1601-1850
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253 Pages

21.6 x 13.8 cm

Series: Oxford Historical Society New Series

Series Vol. Number: 45

Imprint: Oxford Historical Society

The Warden's Punishment Book of All Souls College, Oxford, 1601-1850

by Scott Parens and John H.R. Davis

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Edition, with full notes and apparatus, of a text which sheds much light on university affairs at the time.

The Warden's Punishment Book is a record of punishments imposed on the Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford, for minor infringements of the statutes and of College discipline, from its inception in 1601 until 1851. It is a uniquedocument in terms of its scope and detail among the College records of Oxford and Cambridge and provides significant insights into the daily life and personal relationships of such an institution during the early modern period.
This volume presents an edition of the text of the Punishment Book, with a substantial biographical register detailing the careers of those mentioned as punishers or punished. An introduction explains the significance and context of the Punishment Book within collegiate, university, and social history.

Scott Mandelbrote is Fellow, Perne Librarian, and Director of Studies in History at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was formerly Fellow and Sub-Warden of All Souls College, Oxford; John H.R. Davis is an Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, of which he was Warden between 1995 and 2008. He is an anthropologist and was Professor of Social Anthropology at the Universityof Oxford, and, before that, at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
Introduction
The Manuscript
Glossary
The Warden's Punishment Book
Thematic catalogue of entries
Index of People
List of References
"This meticulous edition, a suitably gremial production, is impeccably and entertainingly presented." HISTORY OF UNIVERSITIES

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Title Details

253 Pages

2.16 x 1.38 cm

Series: Oxford Historical Society New Series

Series Vol. Number: 45

Imprint: Oxford Historical Society