A History of the University of OxfordLongmans, Green, 1886 - 235 pages |
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... its subject ; but its enormous bulk and unwieldy con- struction will repel most English readers , while it deals only with the rudimentary development of academical constitutions . The well - known compilation of Huber shows.
... its subject ; but its enormous bulk and unwieldy con- struction will repel most English readers , while it deals only with the rudimentary development of academical constitutions . The well - known compilation of Huber shows.
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... attests his paternal zeal for English education . The early chroniclers are , without exception , equally silent on the subject , which is noticed by no extant writer before the age of H. B Edward III . In the next reign , the primary.
... attests his paternal zeal for English education . The early chroniclers are , without exception , equally silent on the subject , which is noticed by no extant writer before the age of H. B Edward III . In the next reign , the primary.
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... English monasteries . That age cannot be called intellectually barren which produced Lanfranc , Anselm , Abelard , Bernard , Peter the Lombard , Averroes , Gratian , and Maimonides . The University of Bologna , with its School of Law ...
... English monasteries . That age cannot be called intellectually barren which produced Lanfranc , Anselm , Abelard , Bernard , Peter the Lombard , Averroes , Gratian , and Maimonides . The University of Bologna , with its School of Law ...
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... of the English clergy were at that time to be found . ' These recitations lasted three suc- cessive days , and the lecturer has left it on record that ( he feasted not only all the doctors of the 6 THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
... of the English clergy were at that time to be found . ' These recitations lasted three suc- cessive days , and the lecturer has left it on record that ( he feasted not only all the doctors of the 6 THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
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... English nation ' was one of the four ' nations ' into which the students of Paris were divided , the Normans forming another distinct nation by them- selves . Leland tells us that young Englishmen who then aspired to a high education ...
... English nation ' was one of the four ' nations ' into which the students of Paris were divided , the Normans forming another distinct nation by them- selves . Leland tells us that young Englishmen who then aspired to a high education ...
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Page 176 - That in the university of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors have for these many years given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.
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