Example sentences of "founded [prep] the [num ord] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | Founded in the thirteenth century , Salamanca was the equal of Paris , Bologna and Oxford , became internationally famous and attracted students from all over the world . |
| 2 | The hospital of St. John was founded in the thirteenth century for the reception and support of the decayed freemen of Bedford . |
| 3 | In Stockholm , the Riddarholm Church survives from the Franciscan Abbey , founded in the thirteenth century . |
| 4 | Exeter Cathedral Library The library was founded in the eleventh century , and the Exon Domesday and several other documents survive in situ from that date . |
| 5 | The Assassins , a Muslim sect founded in the eleventh century , were reputed to reward their devotees with visions of heaven by the use of hashish ( from which they were widely assumed to derive their name ) . |
| 6 | The Countess of Huntingdon 's Methodist Connexion , founded in the mid-18th century , was yet another Calvinistic organisation , we may note with interest ; what with Robert Titford being baptised at one of their chapels , and his sister Elizabeth having been registered with the Zion congregation in Frome , Calvinism seems once again to have cast its shadow across the family , even into the 19th century . |
| 7 | The abbey of Vézelay was founded in the ninth century and survived until the French Revolution , but its heyday was between 1050 and 1200 , as the beautiful abbey church still bears witness . |
| 8 | This fascinating German town has an abbey founded in the ninth century , several other medieval churches , well preserved guild-houses , and a fifteenth-century town hall . |
| 9 | In the afternoon you will drive to Bhadgaon , 4,600 feet above sea level and founded in the 9th century . |
| 10 | He points out that , of the sixty-six English clubs founded in the nineteenth century , forty were limited companies before 1900 , and there were a further nineteen by 1914 . |
| 11 | A late medieval tower-house , a Cluniac abbey founded in the 13th century or an early Georgian mansion — take your pick ! |
| 12 | It was founded in the fifth century and altered later . |
| 13 | Founded in the 12th century on what was then virtually an island in the fens , Denny Abbey was at different times home to Benedictine monks , Knights Templars and Franciscan nuns . |
| 14 | Founded in the 12th century by Cistercian monks , the three-tiered walls and graceful pointed arches still reflect the ideals of the early Christians . |
| 15 | In her autobiography , Dancing in the Light , the actress Shirley MacLaine mentions a school of Zen Buddhism founded in the fifteenth century by a Japanese master , Ikkyu . |
| 16 | Kreuzlingen 's Augustinian priory , founded in the tenth century , was a victim of that siege during the Thirty Years War , and the present building , erected soon after , now houses a college . |
| 17 | The monastery had been founded in the fourth century , not long after the death of St Paul the Egyptian who , like his contemporary Antony , had been a desert ascetic . |
| 18 | The humble cottages are presided over by the tower of the venerable church of St Andrew , founded in the twelfth century but rebuilt and restored since with some sacrifice of its earlier features . |
| 19 | The Celtic Church , founded in the sixth century by St Columba with the aid of Irish-trained monks , followed Rome in always celebrating Easter on a Sunday , unlike the eastern Churches ; but owing to its remoteness the Celtic Church experienced difficulty in being kept fully informed of doctrinal and other changes decided on in Rome . |
| 20 | Again , as discussed in the Introduction , medieval towns continued to be founded until the fifteenth century . |