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Résumé : De 1282 à 1485, 304 étudiants gallois peuvent être repérés à l'université d'Oxford. Etude de leurs origines géographiques et sociales, de leur parcours au sein de l'université et de ce que cette présence manifeste eu égard à leur intégration dans le royaume. ©Electre 2019

Résumé : Like its sister volume, London (2017), Town is beautifully illustrated with color reproductions of watercolors, etchings, and engravings—making visible the vanished urban environments of 18th-century Britain, when industrialization was yet new. As a guide, Nurse (former librarian, Society of Antiquaries of London, UK) is informative and concise. Like the earlier volume, an appendix includes writings of Richard Gough, director of the Society of Antiquaries from 1771 to 1791 and collector of the then newly burgeoning topographical imagery that relied on improved measuring devices to provide more accurate surveys, elevations, and plans. Gough provides an early account of climbing Mt. Snowdon, including the "not worst tea in the world" after descent. Fascinating as the unfamiliar views of familiar places are, Welsh and Scottish as well as English, there are also insights into destroyed statues, catastrophic collapses, fires, and floods that affected the process of urbanization. The balance between image and text invites readers—whether new to the subject, experienced, seeking historical insight, or merely curious—to browse at length. They will come away with intriguing insights into how cities change. Required reading for architectural historians and city planners.

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