Oxford is a major city in the Thames Valley, and its significance lies in the fact that Oxford University was founded here in 1 167. Oxford must have something to do with cows. Legend has it that ancient cows waded through the water, hence the name Oxford. Oxford has always been the focus of London's westbound route. As early as 1096, someone gave a lecture at Oxford. Oxford University is the oldest university in English-speaking countries. 12 century ago, there were no universities in Britain, and people went to France and other European countries to study. 1 167, the then king of England and the king of France had a quarrel. In a rage, the king of England recalled the British scholars who sent them to the University of Paris and prohibited them from going to the University of Paris again. Another way of saying it is that the French king, in a fit of pique, drove British scholars back to England from the University of Paris. In any case, these scholars returned from Paris and gathered in Oxford to teach and study scholasticism. So people began to regard Oxford as a "general study", which is actually the predecessor of Oxford University. Scholars gathered in Oxford because Henry II built one of his palaces in Oxford at that time, and scholars came here to protect the king. /kloc-At the end of 0/2, Oxford was called "University for Teachers and Students". 120 1 year, it has the first principal. 12 13, the school got the first charter from the papal envoy. It was in the Middle Ages that young students with active thoughts, unruly lives and frequent debts inevitably clashed with local residents. Cambridge University was founded at the beginning of13rd century. In one of the biggest conflicts, hundreds of students were shot dead by random arrows. The result of this incident was that the king stepped forward to suppress it and sentenced the citizens to compensate Oxford University for 500 years. Many colleges that make up Oxford University were built between 13 and16th century. Christian College, founded by Cardinal Worthy on 1525, is a church college for training bishops. The upper part of the tower of Tom Square Garden was built by Lun Yu 1682, which is the largest tower in the city. When Tom's clock hung up on 1648, there were1kloc-0/students in the college, so at 9: 05 pm (Oxford time is 5 minutes slower than Greenwich mean time), the clock rang 10 1 to remind students to pay attention to the curfew (since/kloc- Merton College is the oldest college in Oxford (1264). Others include: New College (1379), Queen's College (1695) and so on. Each college has its glorious history and mythical architectural relics, which can depict all kinds of interesting historical facts. /kloc-during the civil war in the 0 th and 7 th centuries, many battles took place near Oxford, which was once the headquarters of Charles I supported by students. When royalists were forced to flee Oxford, Cronville became president of the university.