Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland. Volume 1 to 1640

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2006
Author
Editor: Teresa Webber
Editor: Green Elisabeth Leedham
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
Cambridge, England
Region
Europe
Library Type
Academic Libraries
Law Libraries
Medical & Hospital Libraries
Private/Personal Library
Religious Libraries
School Libraries
Chronological Period
6th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
ISBN
9780521781947
Annotation

Volume 1 of 3 

  • Introduction /; Elisabeth Leedham-Green and; Teresa Webber -- The physical setting --; 
    • 1a.; The medieval library (to c. 1450) /; Richard Gameson --;
    •  1b.; The early modern library (to c. 1640) /; Clare Sargent Part one :; The medieval library
  •  2.; Celtic Britain and Ireland in the early middle ages /; Pádraig P. Ó Néill --; 
  • 3.; Anglo-Saxon England /; David Ganz --; 
  • 4.; Monastic and cathedral book collections in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries /; Teresa Webber --; 
  • 5.; The libraries of religious houses in the late middle ages /; David N. Bell --; 
  • 6. College and university book collections and libraries /; Roger Lovatt --; 
  • 7.; Bishops and kings : private book collections in medieval England /; Jenny Stratford and; Teresa Webber --; 
  • 8.; The medieval librarian /; Richard Sharpe --; 
  • 9.; Borrowing and reference : access to libraries in the late middle ages /; Peter J. Lucas Part two : Reformation, dissolution, new learning 
  • 10.; The dispersal of the monastic libraries and the salvaging of the spoils /; James P. Carley --; 
  • 11.; Extending the frontiers : scholar collectors /; Julian Roberts --; 
  • 12.; Matthew Parker's manuscripts : an Elizabethan library and its use /; Timothy Graham Part three : Tools of the trade 
  • 13.; Universities and colleges /; Kristian Jensen --; 
  • 14.; Major ecclesiastical libraries : from reformation to Civil War /; C.B.L. Barr and; David Selwyn.; 
  • 15.; Clerical and parish libraries /; Arnold Hunt --; 
  • 16.; Schools and schoolmasters (to c. 1550) /; Nicholas Orme --; 
  • 17.; School libraries (c. 1540 to 1640) /; William Barker --; 
  • 18.; Common lawyers and the inns of court /; J.H. Baker --; 
  • 19.; Medical libraries /; Peter Murray Jones --; 
  • 20.; Heralds' libraries /; Pamela Selwyn Part four: Libraries for leisure 
  • 21.; The profession of a gentleman : books for the gentry and the nobility (c. 1560 to 1640) /; Pamela Selwyn and; David Selwyn --; 
  • 22.; Libraries of the common sort /; Margaret Spufford --; 
  • 23.; The libraries of the antiquaries (c. 1580-1640) and the idea of a national collection /; Richard Ovenden --; Part five :; Organisation and administration --; 
  • 24.; Library administration (c. 1475 to 1640) /; C.Y. Ferdinand --; 
  • 25.; Libraries and the organisation of knowledge /; David Mckitterick,
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