All Souls College, Oxford in the early eighteenth century : piety, political imposition, and legacy of the Glorious Revolution /

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In the first detailed history of All Souls College under the Wardenship of Bernard Gardiner, Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth offers a character driven story that addresses scheming, duplicity, and self-righteousness projected against some of the most important political and religious episodes of the early ei...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wigelsworth, Jeffrey R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.
Series:Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions, Volume 24
Subjects:
Gardiner, Bernard, > 1668-1726.
All Souls College (University of Oxford) > History > 18th century.
All Souls College (University of Oxford)
1688-1799
EDUCATION > Higher.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Great Britain > History > Revolution of 1688 > Influence.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1688 (Révolution) > Influence.
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Gardiner and the House of Commons bill
  • Gardiner, Matthew Tindal, and the rights of the Christian Church asserted
  • Gardiner and the trouble with medicine
  • Gardiner and the case of William Blencowe
  • John Stead's marriage and Gardiner's final loss of authority
  • Gardiner and the attempted reform of universities
  • Conclusion.

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