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Magdalene in Print

Dustjacket: showing Harraden print, 1800

A History of Magdalene College Cambridge 1428-1988, by Peter Cunich, David Hoyle, Eamon Duffy & Ronald Hyam
ISBN 0-9523073-0-8. Published 1994.

This handsome volume (see right), covers the entire history of the College's origins, survival, and recent expansion, charting the changing fortunes and social atmosphere of the community from a medieval monastic hostel to today's co-residential college.


The book greatly expands on the brief history given here and is lavishly illustrated, with a total of 63 pictures, including 16 plates of photographs and four full page reproductions of documents. The book is available in the College Library, and can also be purchased from the College Office.