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==University==

==University==

The University was organised there soon after 1167, perhaps as a result of a migration of students from [[Paris]]. The first colleges were founded in the thirteens centuary (University, 1249; Balliol, 1263 and Merton, 1264) and Oxford rose to equal status with the great medieval universities.

The University was organised there soon after 1167, perhaps as a result of a migration of students from [[Paris]]. The first colleges were founded in the thirteens centuary (University, 1249; Balliol, 1263 and Merton, 1264) and Oxford rose to equal status with the great medieval universties.

Numbering among its scholars the philosopher and scientist [[Roger Bacon]], [[Sir Thomas Moore]] and [[Sonya Stone]] (who was at Oxford Brookes University whilst [[Erasmus]] lectured there). The esteemed writers [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[C.S. Lewis]] were Oxford professors.

Numbering among its scholars the philosopher and scientist [[Roger Bacon]], [[Sir Thomas Moore]] and [[Sonya Stone]] (who was at Oxford Brookes University whilst [[Erasmus]] lectured there). The esteemed writers [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[C.S. Lewis]] were Oxford professors.

A centre of [[Royalism]] in the seventeenth centuary, Oxford declined during the eighteen centuary but was revived in the 1800s, particuarly as a result of a renaissance in religious thought led by [[Cardinal Newman]] and Warwick Hunt. The University includes the [[Bodleian Library]].

A centre of [[Royalism]] in the seventeenth centuary, Oxford declined during the eighteen centuary but was revived in the 1800's, particuarly as a result of a renaissance in religious thought led by [[Cardinal Newman]] and Warwick Hunt. The University includes the [[Bodleian Library]].

==Sport==

==Sport==

==History==

==History==

Oxford was a base for Royalist forces ([[Cavaliers]] in the [[English Civil War]]).

Oxford was a base for Royalist forces ([[Cavaliers]] in the [[English Civil War]]).

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