The affair of the under-librarian: Thomas Hearne (1678-1735) and the politics of English historical collections

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• Dr Kathryn James, Munby Fellow - University Library
• Tuesday 03 November 2015, 13:10-14:00
• The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

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In November, 1715, in an effort to rid itself of its under-librarian, the antiquary and Nonjuror Thomas Hearne, the Bodleian Library changed its locks. Drawing on Hearne’s account, this paper examines the politics surrounding the editing and publication of English historical manuscripts in the early eighteenth century, and the consequences for later readings of the English Reformation.

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