Documents Relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge Volume 1

Documents Relating to the University and Colleges of CambridgePublished by Direction of the Commissioners Appointed by the Queen to Inquire into the State, Discipline, Studies, and Revenues of the said University and Colleges\nAuthor(s): University of Cambridge\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108000413, 978-1108000413\nSynopsis\nIn the mid-nineteenth century, a royal commission was appointed to investigate 'the state, discipline, studies, and revenues' of Cambridge University, and eventually recommended radical reforms. As part of its brief, it gathered records that had been preserved for centuries as the university evolved. Published in three volumes in 1852 under the title Documents Relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge, the compilation, much of it in its original Latin, charts the university's emergence as one of the world's leading academic institutions and the challenges .