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Religious settings and university origins

Оксфорд у2016 році; сучасний стан міста, не вигадана реконструкція1096 року / Oxford in2016; the modern city rather than a reconstructed1096 scene. Credit: Chensiyuan; CC BY-SA 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=52257860

Оксфорд у2016 році; сучасний стан міста, не вигадана реконструкція1096 року / Oxford in2016; the modern city rather than a reconstructed1096 scene. Credit: Chensiyuan; CC BY-SA 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=52257860

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Religious institutions formed an important setting for many early centers of learning, but their histories differ. Oxford has no clear founding date, with teaching documented from at least 1096. Cambridge traces its beginning to scholars migrating from Oxford in 1209. Describing both simply as founded at monasteries therefore oversimplifies their development.