Contents

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Acknowledgements

pp.：  9 – 10

Introduction Generational Conflict and University Reform

pp.：  11 – 30

Chapter One Riot, Revolution and ‘Reform’ in the Colleges, 1714–1789

pp.：  31 – 73

The ‘New Independent Student’ and Meritocratic Reform at Cambridge

pp.：  33 – 41

Riots at Oxford and the Threat of a Royal Visitation, 1714–1748

pp.：  42 – 48

Reaction at Oxford and ‘Reform’ of the Syllabus

pp.：  49 – 57

Religious Dissent and the Impact of the American Revolution

pp.：  58 – 73

Chapter Two ‘Adapted to the Present Times’? The New Examination Statute of 1800

pp.：  74 – 113

The Impact of the French Revolution

pp.：  76 – 84

The New Examination System: The Statutes of 1800, 1807 and 1808

pp.：  85 – 90

The Reception of the New System

pp.：  91 – 97

The Spectre of Junior Rebellion

pp.：  98 – 101

The University’s Response to its Critics

pp.：  102 – 113

Chapter Three The Emergence of a Junior Reform Programme, 1807–1823

pp.：  114 – 148

Growing Undergraduate Resentment, 1807–1816

pp.：  116 – 124

The Beginnings of Junior Participation in the Reform Debate, 1817–1818

pp.：  125 – 133

After the ‘Oxford Spy’: Student Journalism and Generational Revolt

pp.：  134 – 148

Chapter Four Noetics, Tractarians and the Peak of Junior Influence, 1824-1836

pp.：  149 – 196

The Statute of 1824: The Beginnings of a Conservative Consensus

pp.：  151 – 159

The Emergence of a Noetic Reform Programme, 1825–1829

pp.：  160 – 175

Back to School: The Failure of Noetic Reform and the Rise of Tractarianism

pp.：  176 – 196

Chapter Five Defensive Modernization: The Tractarian Threat and the Royal Commission of 1850

pp.：  197 – 238

‘A Dangerous and Successful Conspiracy’

pp.：  199 – 211

Reform within Oxford

pp.：  212 – 217

The Royal Commission of 1850

pp.：  218 – 226

Reactions to the Commissioners’ Report

pp.：  227 – 238

Conclusion

pp.：  239 – 244

Bibliography

pp.：  245 – 260

Index

pp.：  261 – 267