Boydell & Brewer

Boydell & Brewer Ltd was formed in 1978. It merged two companies, Boydell Press & D.S. Brewer, whose founders, Richard Barber & Derek Brewer, were themselves scholars - Brewer a Chaucer specialist & subsequently Professor of English and Master of Emmanuel College, Barber a medieval historian & Arthurian. Medieval studies originally formed the core of the list, but it has rapidly expanded to embrace the humanities in all periods up to and including the present day. In 1996 the company bought John Vareys Tamesis list and became the leading Hispanic studies imprint outside Spain. Tamesis specialised in the publication of archive studies of Spanish theatrical history & scholarly editions & monographs relating to the literature, history, art & philology of the Spanish-speaking world. Recently the series has broadened to include more studies on living writers, Latin American subjects, film & history. The Boydell Press has also become one of the leading publishers of books on cla...