Excerpt from Mediaeval Archives Of The University Of Oxford, Vol. 2 The Society has been fortunate to secure a short Intro duction for the first roll from Miss B. H. Putnam, of Mount Holyoke College, Mass., who issued in 1908 a volume on le Enforcement of the Statutes of Labourers (columbia University Studies in History, vol. Xxxn), and is a well-known authority on the Statutes of Labourers and the mediaeval Justices of the Peace. It is a satisfaction that she considers that the roll, long though it is, was well worth printing. She undertook the task at a very busy time, and the thanks of the Society are due to her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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First published in 1988, this book traces the complex evolution of Oxford and Cambridge from the twelfth through the early sixteenth centuries. In the process, the author incorporates new research on Cambridge University that has become available only recently. Alan B. Cobban is able to give an overall view of the functioning of the English universities, touching on the development of the academic hierarchy, the various features of the curriculum and the teaching offered by these institutions. The author also addresses the social and economic circumstances of students and the relations between the universities and their respective town and ecclesiastical authorities. Cobban draws on much recent work to supply new details and altered perspectives in this single-volume reappraisal of the history of these two distinguished educational institutions.