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British publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Status
| Active
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Founded
| 1978
; 46 years ago
(
1978
)
|
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Founder
| Richard Barber, Derek Brewer
|
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Country of origin
| England
|
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Headquarters location
| Martlesham
,
Suffolk
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Distribution
| John Wiley & Sons
(UK,
EMEA
, and the Far East)
[1]
self-distributed (US)
Scholarly Book Services (Canada)
[2]
|
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Nonfiction topics
| - African studies
- German literature and culture
- Hispanic studies
- medical science
- medieval history, archaeology, and literature
- music
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Imprints
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Official website
| boydellandbrewer.com
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Boydell & Brewer
is an academic press based in
Martlesham
,
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, musicology, archaeology, and other subjects. Depending on the subject, its books are assigned to one of several imprints in Woodbridge,
[
clarification needed
]
Cambridge (UK), or
Rochester, New York
, location of its principal North American office. Imprints include Boydell & Brewer, D. S. Brewer,
Camden House
, the Hispanic series Tamesis Books (
Tamesis
is the Latin name of the
River Thames
, which flows through
London
), the
University of Rochester
Press,
James Currey
, 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.
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
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.
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