Documents Relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Volume 1: Published by Direction of the Commissioners Appointed by the Queen to Inquir

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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 1 covers the period to the mid-sixteenth century and contains, among other historical gems, an abstract of records spanning nine monarchies, and an earlier compilation ordered by Henry VIII in the 37th year of his reign.


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This compilation of records, charters, and statutes, many in the original Latin, was first published in 1852. Volume 1 charts the evolution of Cambridge University up to the sixteenth century. It includes an earlier compilation of university records ordered by Henry VIII, and remains a valuable resource for historians.