= History of the University of Oxford
This book series appears to be the one: https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/h/history-of-the-university-of-oxford-huo/[]. A mere 250 pounds+ each.
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A large part of the video talks about how the insane system of <colleges of the University of Oxford> came about organically.
* https://youtu.be/uol4V1Wa8B0?t=343 at the <University of Bologna>, the original system was for students to decide what they would learn, and hire and fire teachers as they decided. This is opposed to the system of the <university of Paris>, in which teachers make the final decisions. He mentions that this is the system that the <University of Oxford> and the <University of Cambridge> use: the "congregation". He mentions that <Oxbridge> are one of the few universities that maintained this structure (as opposed to having funding sources select the final decision makers)
* https://youtu.be/uol4V1Wa8B0?t=1327 mentions the quadrangle architecture which served as the basis of the Colleges: make a closed square with everything students need: Chapel, Hall to eat, classes and accommodation. This is based of course on monastic cloisters.
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