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Edition, with full explanatory material, of the documents concerning the building of All Souls, Oxford: a vital source for our knowledge of the period.The accounts covering the construction of All Souls, Oxford, in the five years from its foundation in 1438 are among the most important documentary sources for English medieval building history, and provide an almost unique recordof the physical creation of an Oxford college. They are here published in full for the first time, with commentary and analysis by the late Simon Walker. Supplementary material includes plans and documentation of the site, a description of the buildings, and an inventory of the college rooms in the sixteenth century. Simon Walker was Professor of History, University of Sheffield; Julian Munby is head of Buildings Archaeology at Oxford Archaeology.

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Introduction Editorial Note The Building Accounts of All Souls College, 1438-1443 Appendix A: The Site of the College Appendix B: The Building Craftsmen and Personnel Appendix C: The College Buildings Appendix D: The College Furnishings

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      Publisher Oxford Historical Society
      Published 16 December 2010
      ISBN-13 9780904107234
      978-0904107234
      ISBN-10 090410723X
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      Book Synopsis
      Edition, with full explanatory material, of the documents concerning the building of All Souls, Oxford: a vital source for our knowledge of the period.The accounts covering the construction of All Souls, Oxford, in the five years from its foundation in 1438 are among the most important documentary sources for English medieval building history, and provide an almost unique recordof the physical creation of an Oxford college. They are here published in full for the first time, with commentary and analysis by the late Simon Walker. Supplementary material includes plans and documentation of the site, a description of the buildings, and an inventory of the college rooms in the sixteenth century. Simon Walker was Professor of History, University of Sheffield; Julian Munby is head of Buildings Archaeology at Oxford Archaeology.

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      [A]n admirably useful and very finely produced volume. * ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Editorial Note The Building Accounts of All Souls College, 1438-1443 Appendix A: The Site of the College Appendix B: The Building Craftsmen and Personnel Appendix C: The College Buildings Appendix D: The College Furnishings

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