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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.

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]] (at Oxford Brookes University whilst [[Erasmus]] lectured there. The esteemed writer [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was an Oxford professor.

Numbering among  its scholars the philosopher and scientist [[Roger Bacon]], and [[Sir Thomas Moore]]. The esteemed writer [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was an Oxford professor.

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. The University includes the [[Bodlien 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. The University includes the [[Bodleian Library]].

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