. A history of the University of Oxford : from the earliest times to the year 1530. of the Townsmen—Re-estabhshment of the University—Jurisdiction of the Chancellor—Edmund Rich—Origin of the Mendicant Orders—The DominicanConvent at Oxford—Study of Aristotle—The Jews at Oxford—Arrivalof the Franciscans—Anecdotes of the early Franciscan Scholars—Robert Grosseteste—Migration of Scholars from Paris—Contests withthe Townsmen—Attack on the Papal Legate—Punishment of theClerks—Grosseteste as Bishop of Lincoln—Study of the Bible— Chest—Attack on the Jewry—Aymar de Lusignan—Murder of a Sc
. A history of the University of Oxford : from the earliest times to the year 1530. of the Townsmen—Re-estabhshment of the University—Jurisdiction of the Chancellor—Edmund Rich—Origin of the Mendicant Orders—The DominicanConvent at Oxford—Study of Aristotle—The Jews at Oxford—Arrivalof the Franciscans—Anecdotes of the early Franciscan Scholars—Robert Grosseteste—Migration of Scholars from Paris—Contests withthe Townsmen—Attack on the Papal Legate—Punishment of theClerks—Grosseteste as Bishop of Lincoln—Study of the Bible— Chest—Attack on the Jewry—Aymar de Lusignan—Murder of a Scholar—Charter of Privileges—Increasing Authority ofthe Chancellor—Visit of Archbishop Boniface—National Differences—Removal of the Dominican Convent—Popularity of the Franciscans—Adam Marsh—Qualifications for Degrees—Importance of theLiberal Arts—Roger Bacon—Jurisdiction of the Chancellor—Richardof Wych—Thomas Cantilupe—Great Riot—Migration to Northampton—Punishment of the Jews—Cross near St. ^^^^^^^JIHE schools of Oxford, which had been growingi^^ I r^^l in fame and popularity during the later partof the twelfth century, had a narrow escapeof total extinction at the beginning of thethirteenth. An untoward event that occurredat the close of the year 1208, led to a serious breachbetween the burghers and the clerks, and for a while itappeared as though English learning would be compelled toabandon Oxford for some more congenial abode. A youngwoman was one day found lying dead at a house afterwardsknown as Maiden Hall, and there was clear proof that she j)/sr/:Rsiox. 17 had met her end at the hands of a certain student of theFaculty of Arts. According to one account, she had beenkilled by accident, according to another, she had beenoutraged and brutally murdered, but the offender, whateverthe amount of his guilt, had already sought safety in enraged townsmen at once started in quest
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