Cambridge University (Cambridge University; Title: Cantab), located in Cambridgeshire, England, is a public research university with a traditional college system. The school is a member of Russell University Group and is known as one of the "Golden Triangle Famous Schools" and "G5". Cambridge University is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world. Its predecessor was an association of scholars founded in 1209.
Historical development:
1, Cambridge University was founded in A.D. 1209, initially by a group of teachers who escaped from Oxford University to escape the war.
2./kloc-In the 0/2nd century, Franciscans, Benedictines and clowns came to settle in this flat and humid swamp area, and Cambridgeshire was born.
3. 1209, two scholastic philosophers of Oxford University were accused of murdering a prostitute, and the Oxford County Court sentenced them to hang. In protest, Oxford teachers temporarily stopped teaching and left one after another. Some of them came to Cambridgeshire and established Cambridge University.
Around 4. 1225, the teachers in Cambridge elected a headmaster from among them. His power was approved by King Henry III, and the autonomous management of universities came from it. Soon after, 1233, Pope Gregor IX also approved it.
5. This church privilege was not enjoyed until 1254 in Oxford, and the decrees of Henry III and his successors ensured the monopoly of these two universities. Until19th century, Oxford and Cambridge were the only two universities in England for 600 years.