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This volume, the eighth in The History of the University of Oxford, shows how one of the world's major universities has responded to the formidable challenges o

The University of Oxford was a medieval wonder. After its foundation in the late 12th century it made a crucial contribution to the core syllabus of all medieva

The rise of the middle classes brought a sharp increase in the number of young men and women able to attend university. Developing in the wake of this increase,

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