University Life in Eighteenth-century Oxford

University Life in Eighteenth-century Oxford
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 0300068131
ISBN-13 : 9780300068139
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Book Synopsis University Life in Eighteenth-century Oxford by : Graham Midgley

Download or read book University Life in Eighteenth-century Oxford written by Graham Midgley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This social history of academic life in 18th-century Oxford presents an account of the activities of students and dons at the university: the often inordinate eating and drinking; life in the senior common rooms; the struggles with authority; the place of women in an all-male environment; the pleasures of sauntering in a still-rural Oxford; the sports and pastimes that kept students from their books; music, theatre, and the astounding variety of entertainment found in the streets: executions, political riots, and circuses that the gown as well as the town attended and relished.


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