History and Pre-History of Hertford College, Oxford - Survival and Renewals

Through a detailed study of a set of hitherto neglected Oxford institutions and the people who ran and inhabited them, this book has wide relevance for the history of higher education in England and its relationship with religious, social, demographic, cultural and political change over seven and a half centuries.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part One: Hart Hall


• 1: Origins


• 2: Consolidation: Hart Hall in the Later Middle Ages


• 3: Uncertain Independence: Hart Hall From Reformation To Restoration 1549-1660


• 4: Changing Fortune: From Hall to College 1660-1805


• Part Two: Magdalen Hall


• 5: Magdalen Hall: From Annexe to Independence c.1482-1602


• 6: A Godly Hall 1602-1662


• 7: Staying On: Magdalen Hall 1662-1813


• 8: The 'Hertford Plot'


• 9: Macbride's Hall: 1813-1868


• Part Three: Hertford College


• 10: Founding the Second Hertford College


• 11: Henry Boyd and the Creation of a College 1874-1918


• 12: Frustrated Modernity 1918-1959


• 13: Transformation 1959-1988


• 14: Modern Hertford


• Conclusion

About the author

Christopher Tyerman is Professor of the History of the Crusades at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow at Hertford College. His research and publications have revolved around the crusades, medieval England and France, and English educational institutions.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher (Professor Emeritus of the Hi Tyerman, Tyerman Christopher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2025
• EAN: 9780192845597
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284559-7
• No. of pages: 640
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Oxford, History, EDUCATION / History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, History of Education, Social and cultural history, Higher education, tertiary education