Description: This fresh and readable account gives a complete history of the University of Oxford, from its beginnings in the eleventh century to the present day -- charting Oxford's improbable rise from provincial backwater to modern meritocratic and secular university with an ever-growing commitment to new research.
Review Quotes: "deserves to be read from cover to cover." --Alan Crossley, Oxoniensia
"...Brockliss's great achievement is to place the University of Oxford within the context not only of the history of universities but of Britain and Europe more broadly, revealing it as both the product of and a player in these larger developments."--Tamson Pietsch, Journal of Modern History"This magisterial synthesis...is an independent scholarly work, rich with details and insights and setting Oxford into larger educational contexts. Excellent illustrations, fine maps, and revealing tables enhance a volume that is sure to become a standard classic...Highly recommended."--CHOICE"It is an extraordinary achievement, resting on a staggering amount of research Professor Brockliss has processed a truly terrifying amount of material, and seems equally assured on medieval scholasticism, modern medicine, or the quantities of wine consumed by 18th-century dons (it was a lot - even more than you might expect). It is also a remarkably easy read."--Church Times