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牛津、剑桥,谁最古老?16世纪的剑桥史学家曾列举一位“传说”中娶了大不列颠公主的西班牙王子,作为剑桥大学的创始人。这个富有皇族色彩的“传说”,是很合剑桥人口味的.遗憾的是事实并非如此。上承牛津,下启哈佛牛津大学创建后,年轻气盛的大学生们一直和当地严守中古清规戒律的镇民们格格不入,几天“大学与城市之战”,导致双方的惨重伤亡。1209年,又因为一位大学生杀害一位当地妇女,惹得愤怒的镇民对两位无辜的教授动以“私刑”,以示报复。一时学者们四散逃亡,牛津大学几乎解体。不少人逃到剑桥落脚谋生,这即是剑桥的滥觞。
Oxford, Cambridge, the oldest? The 16th-century Cambridge historian quoted a Spanish prince who married the Great Britain in Legends as the founder of the University of Cambridge. This richly-colored “legend” is very much in the flavor of Cambridge, but unfortunately it is not. After Oxford was founded, the young and energetic college students have always been alien to the local people who strictly abide by the rules and regulations of the Middle Ages. A few days of “the war between universities and cities” resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. In 1209, because an undergraduate student killed a local woman, the angered townspeople mobilized “lynching” against two innocent professors to show their revenge. Suddenly scholars flee, Oxford almost collapsed. Many people fled to Cambridge to make a living, which is the beginning of Cambridge.