Knightley D’Anvers, A general abridgment of the common and most useful parts of the statute law, 1705
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Onofrio Panvinio, De primatu Petri et Apostolicae Sedis potestate libri tres … contra Centuriarum auctores, 1591
From telegraph to telephone, Middle Templars had a front-row seat to advances in telecommunications during late Victorian and Edwardian London. This edition looks back on how these sweeping changes affected the Inn and intersected with the lives of those who lived and worked in its precinct.
Having escaped the Great Fire of London, the majority of the Middle Temple’s buildings were destroyed by another fire thirteen years later. This edition looks at events during the night of the inferno and the rebuilding of the Inn in its aftermath.
Looking at some literary figures of the eighteenth century and their associations with the Inn, from Richard Brinsley Sheridan's youthful romantic adventures to Oliver Goldsmith's embarassment over his chambers, and including a poem by a young William Blackstone.
Exploring archival records relating to the role of women in the early Inn and its attitude towards them, which ranged from begrudging tolerance to outright abhorrence.
An exploration of the history of the Middle Temple Gate, the main entrance to the Inn from Fleet Street. Several versions of the gate have existed over the course of seven hundred years, providing the Society with the means to protect and maintain order within the Temple.
The history of the Masters of the Bench stretches back to the earliest centuries of the Inn’s existence. This edition gives a brief account of the Inn’s governors, looking back at their expanding categories, historical roles, obligation, privileges and occasional burdens.
Looking into the rich history of the Inn's gardens, from their 17th Century development to the splendours and privations of the 1930s and 1940s.
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