Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk,

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, 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 The Matter of Britain is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur. It was one of the three great Wester ...

. 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), or

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, location of its principal North American office. Imprints include Boydell & Brewer, D.S. Brewer,

Camden House Camden House, Inc. was founded in 1979 by professors James Hardin and Gunther Holst with the purpose of publishing scholarly books in the field of German literature, Austrian Literature, and German language culture. Camden House books were publish ...

, the Hispanic series Tamesis Books ("Tamesis" is the Latin version of the

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, which flows through

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), the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The University of ...

Press,

James Currey James Currey is a former academic publisher specialising in African Studies which since 2008 has been an imprint of Boydell & Brewer. It is named after its founder who established the company in 1984. It publishes on a full spectrum of topics� ...

, and York Medieval Press. The company was co-founded by historians Richard Barber and Derek Brewer in 1978, merging the two companies Boydell Press and D.S. Brewer which they had respectively founded. In addition to the company's four primary imprints and partners, Camden House, University of Rochester Press,

, and Tamesis, Boydell & Brewer publish and distribute for the

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 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of E ...

, the

Royal Historical Society The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

, the

London Record Society The London Record Society is a text publication society founded in 1964 whose objectives are to stimulate public interest in archives and similar historical material relating to London. The current President of the society is the Lord Mayor of Lo ...

and the Scottish Text Society as well as several other societies.

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External links

Boydell & Brewer website
This also includes links t
the University of Rochester Press site
who is in partnership with Boydell & Brewer
Camden HouseTamesis BooksJames Currey
and several other imprints. Companies based in Suffolk Book publishing companies of England Publishing companies established in 1978 1978 establishments in England Academic publishing companies {{England-corp-stub