From: Alexandra Franklin <Alexandra.Franklin(a)bodleian.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:50:41 +0100
Announcement:
'How the secularization of religious houses transformed the libraries
of Europe, 16th-19th centuries.'
Conference -- March 22-24, 2012 -- Oxford
What political and cultural processes were at work as the dissolution
of monasteries removed great book collections largely away from the
control of the Church ... and national libraries, universities, and
private owners (including many outside Europe) became custodians of a
European
cultural heritage?
For more information, and to register, see the website at:
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/MigrationofKnowledge.htm
Dr. Alexandra Franklin
Project Coordinator
Centre for the Study of the Book
Bodleian Library
Oxford OX 1 3BG
tel. (01865) 277006
alexandra.franklin(a)bodleian.ox.ac.uk
<mailto:alexandra.franklin@bodleian.ox.ac.uk>
www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb <http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb>