ABSTRACT
The Origins of the University and Town of Cambridge PROBABLY the associations of medieval times which have changed less than most, are those connected with the two great Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Many of the colleges at these great institutions still preserve the buildings, and, to a small degree, the way of life of later medieval times. We may well devote some time to a consideration of one of these ancient University towns. Since the author spent four years at Cambridge it is natural that he should choose the eastern example; especially as Cambridge is in a sense the more typical University town, since it is smaller and much less commercialized than Oxford.
