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University of Cambridge
Founded from a teaching community formed when Oxford scholars moved to Cambridge after town-gown clashes in 1209, it is the second-oldest continuousl…
Timeline
- 1209–1226Cambridge · CambridgeAfter Oxford townspeople executed scholars, some teachers and students took refuge in Cambridge, first lodging in private houses and then establishing halls; by 1226 there was a chancellor and a regular curriculum taught by the university's own masters.
- 1231–1233Cambridge · CambridgeIn 1231 Henry III issued a writ protecting scholars, fixing rents, and banning those without university membership from residing there; in 1233 Gregory IX granted the privilege of not being summoned to courts outside the diocese of Ely for three years.
- c. 1284Cambridge · CambridgeResidential colleges such as Peterhouse were founded in succession, and the university developed from a guild of masters into a federation of colleges; in 1318 the pope confirmed it as a Studium Generale, and the system continues to this day.
Sources
- Early records https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/history/early-records
- University of Cambridge https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Cambridge
- The University of Cambridge: The Middle Ages (1959) https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol3/pp150-166