Boydell & Brewer
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Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk
, England
that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, editions, and translations of material related to the Arthurian legend. There are also series that publish studies in medieval German and French literature, Spanish theatre, early English texts, in other subjects. Depending on the subject, its books are assigned to one of several imprints in Woodbridge, Cambridge (UK), Rochester, NY. Imprints include Boydell & Brewer, D.S. Brewer, Camden House, Tamesis, and others. Rochester, NY, is also its principal North American office.
The company was co-founded by historians Richard Barber
and Derek Brewer
.
In addition to the company's four primary imprints and partners, Camden House, University of Rochester Press, James Currey, and Tamesis, Boydell & Brewer publish and distribute for the Victoria County History
, the Royal Historical Society
, the London Record Society
and the Scottish Text Society as well as several other societies.
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, editions, and translations of material related to the Arthurian legend. There are also series that publish studies in medieval German and French literature, Spanish theatre, early English texts, in other subjects. Depending on the subject, its books are assigned to one of several imprints in Woodbridge, Cambridge (UK), Rochester, NY. Imprints include Boydell & Brewer, D.S. Brewer, Camden House, Tamesis, and others. Rochester, NY, is also its principal North American office.
The company was co-founded by historians Richard Barber
Richard Barber
Richard William Barber FRSL FSA FRHistS is a British historian who has been writing and publishing in the field of medieval history and literature ever since his student days. He has specialised in Arthurian legend, beginning with a general survey, Arthur of Albion which is still in print in a...
and Derek Brewer
Derek Brewer
Derek Stanley Brewer was a medieval scholar, author and publisher.-Life:Born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a clerk with General Electric, Brewer read English at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was taught, among others, by C.S. Lewis...
.
In addition to the company's four primary imprints and partners, Camden House, University of Rochester Press, James Currey, and Tamesis, Boydell & Brewer publish and distribute for the Victoria County History
Victoria County History
The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 and was dedicated to Queen Victoria with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of...
, the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
, the London Record Society
London Record Society
The London Record Society is a registered charity founded in 1964 whose objectives are to stimulate public interest in archives and similar historical material relating to London...
and the Scottish Text Society as well as several other societies.
External links
- Boydell & Brewer website This also includes links to the University of Rochester Press site, who is in partnership with Boydell & Brewer, Camden House, Tamesis Books, James Currey, and several other imprints.