Blackfriars, Oxford. The name Blackfriars is commonly used to denote a house of the Dominican Friars in England. Blackfriars in Oxford houses three distinct institutions: the Priory of the Holy Spirit, the religious house of the friars; Blackfriars Studium, the centre of studies of the English Province of the Dominican Friars (although it numbers members of other orders and lay people among its students and lecturers); and Blackfriars Hall, one o...
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