Posted On: August 24th 2026, 09:00 am
@cambridgeuniversity began with a prison sentence.
After a violent clash in Oxford, several students were arrested and hanged with the approval of King John. Fearing for their own lives, many scholars fled, some to Reading, others to Cambridge.
The rest is history.
Every Monday, we uncover another chapter of Cambridge's history.
Follow our journey to create the first documentary about Cambridge.
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