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The Cardinal’s College: Christ Church, Chapter and Verse
9:00am | Tuesday 27 March 2012| Tickets: | Duration: | Venue: |
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Christ Church, home to the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, is for many the grandest of the University of Oxford colleges. It was founded by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525 and, over the centuries, has produced an amazing list of famous and successful men and women. Judith Curthoys, the college archivist, has produced a new history of Christ Church. She tells of the college’s unique constitution of college and cathedral, and of its traditions and eccentricities. We also hear of the college’s early emphasis on prayer and discipline and of its battles with student drunkenness.
Curthoys has been archivist at Christ Church since 1994. She is co-editor of Christ Church: A Portrait of the House and has contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.