medieval University of Cambridge

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The medieval University of Cambridge was one of Europe’s earliest and most influential centers of higher learning, known for its collegiate structure, scholastic theology, and role in shaping English intellectual and religious life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf center of higher learning
medieval university
university
country Kingdom of England
earliestCollege Peterhouse NERFINISHED
earliestCollegeFoundedInYear 1284
experiencesConflictWith townspeople of Cambridge
foundedInCentury 13th century
foundedInPeriod Middle Ages
foundedInYearApprox 1209
governedBy chancellor
regent masters
grantsDegree Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Medicine
Bachelor of Theology
Doctor of Laws
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Theology
Master of Arts
hasCollege Clare Hall NERFINISHED
Corpus Christi College NERFINISHED
Gonville Hall NERFINISHED
King’s College NERFINISHED
King’s Hall NERFINISHED
Pembroke Hall NERFINISHED
Peterhouse NERFINISHED
Queens’ College NERFINISHED
Trinity Hall NERFINISHED
hasColleges true
hasCollegiateStructure true
hasFaculty Faculty of Arts NERFINISHED
Faculty of Law NERFINISHED
Faculty of Medicine NERFINISHED
Faculty of Theology NERFINISHED
hasLegalPrivilegesOver jurisdiction in certain town matters
hasUrbanContext market town of Cambridge
influencedBy University of Oxford NERFINISHED
University of Paris NERFINISHED
influences English clergy education
English universities that followed
knownFor Aristotelian scholarship
canon law studies
collegiate structure
influence on English intellectual life
influence on English religious life
logic and dialectic
philosophy teaching
scholastic theology
training clergy
languageOfInstruction Latin
libraryDevelopment growth of college libraries in late Middle Ages
locatedIn Cambridge, England
surface form: Cambridge

East Anglia NERFINISHED
England
Europe
mainAuthoritiesStudied Aristotle NERFINISHED
Gratian NERFINISHED
Peter Lombard NERFINISHED
organizationalForm self-governing community of masters and scholars
patron English crown NERFINISHED
bishops of Ely NERFINISHED
local aristocracy
pedagogicalMethod commentary on authorities
disputations
lectures
playsRoleIn development of English scholasticism
formation of English intellectual elites
late medieval religious debates in England
primaryDiscipline arts
canon law
civil law
medicine
theology
receivesPapalPrivileges true
receivesRoyalCharters true
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
statusByLateMiddleAges major European center of learning
studentBodyIncludes clerical students
members of religious orders
secular clerks

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Hall of Valence Mary associatedWith medieval University of Cambridge