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Cambridge University Press

Summary

The world's oldest university press, founded in 1534 by royal charter of Henry VIII; publishes academic journals, books, and educational materials across all disciplines; operates as a department of the University of Cambridge; a primary publisher of patristics, medieval studies, theology, and philosophy.

Core Contribution

One of the world's preeminent academic publishers; Cambridge Companions series is a standard reference across all humanities disciplines; Cambridge Histories and Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy shape how scholars access their fields; published critical English translation of the Ambigua (2014).

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • academic publishing
  • Cambridge
  • scholarship
  • humanities
  • university press
  • patristics

Historical Influences

University of Cambridge Protestant Reformation British scholarly tradition Enlightenment publishing

Intellectual Lineage

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Allied Works

Cambridge Companions seriesCambridge HistoriesCambridge Texts in the History of PhilosophyAmbigua

Contemporaries & Peers

Oxford University Press Harvard University Press Princeton University Press Brill Academic Publishers

Minds Influenced

global academic publishing standardsCambridge Companions series impactscholarly access to primary sources

Intellectual Posterity

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