Red Brick University - Akarenga Daigaku

…Since the Middle Ages, it has monopolized higher education along with Cambridge University. In the 19th and 20th centuries, new universities such as the University of London were established, but these were derogatorily called the "redbrick university" or "new university," and were socially distinguished from the two universities, which were abbreviated to Oxbridge. It was born against the backdrop of a revival of intellectual activity throughout Western Europe in the 12th century, and took on the form of a university in the late 1600s. …

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…中世以来ケンブリッジ大学とともに高等教育を独占した。19～20世紀にはロンドン大学等が新設されたが，これらは〈赤煉瓦大学redbrick university〉〈新大学〉と蔑称され，オックスブリッジOxbridgeと略称された両大学から社会的に区別された。　12世紀の西欧全土にわたる知的活動の復興を背景に生まれ，1160年代後半より大学としての体裁を整える。…

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