Oxford and Its Story

"A clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe ygo.... For him was lever have at his beddes heed Twenty bokes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philos...

Scarcely had the University established itself in Oxford, when an immigration into that city took place, which was destined to have no inconsiderable influence on its history. B...

The property of S. Frideswide's Nunnery formed one of the chief elements in the formation of the plan of Oxford. The houses of the population which would spring up in connection...

In 1453 Christendom was shocked by the news that the Turks had taken Constantinople. The home of learning and the citadel of philosophy was no more. The wisdom of Hellas, so it...

Charles I. had matriculated at Oxford in 1616; his brother Henry had been a student at Magdalen. On his accession to the throne, an outbreak of plague in London led to the meeti...

Among the demies elected at Magdalen the year after the expelled fellows returned was Joseph Addison, whose name is traditionally connected with the northern part of the Magdale...

Famous antiquaries of ancient days carried back the date of the city to fabulous years. Wood gives the year 1009 B.C. as the authentic date, when Memphric, King of the Britons,...

The University had declined sadly under Mary. Affairs were not at first greatly improved when Elizabeth ascended the throne. "Two religions," says Wood, "being now as it were on...

"He that hath Oxford seen, for beauty, grace And healthiness, ne'er saw a better place. If God Himself on earth abode would make He Oxford, sure, would for His dwelling take." D...

The sufferings of the Protestants had failed to teach them the value of religious liberty. The use of the new liturgy was enforced by imprisonment, and the subscription to the A...