Grace Book A: Containing the Proctors' Accounts and Other Records of the University of Cambridge for the Years 1454-1488 (Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108000495 ISBN 13: 9781108000499

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

'Grace books' were the volumes in which scribes recorded decisions of the administration of the University of Cambridge during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Many of the 'graces' concern the conferral of degrees on individuals, but others refer to more general University business including appointment of teachers and preachers, leaves of absence, inventories and financial records, and the resolution of disputes. Grace Book A covers the period from 1454 to 1488. The Introduction by Stanley M. Leathes explains the medieval terminology and the administrative systems underlying it, and a thorough index is also provided. The Latin documents transcribed and printed in this 1897 publication are a valuable source for those researching fifteenth-century British history and institutions, and this reissue will make them readily available to scholars today.

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Book Description

'Grace books' were the volumes in which scribes recorded decisions of the administration of the University of Cambridge. Grace Book A, covering 1454 to 1488, lists individuals receiving degrees, as well as more general business including appointments and financial matters. This transcription, with introduction and index, first appeared in 1897.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108000495
• ISBN 13: 9781108000499
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Leathes Stanley Mordaunt