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10th February 1355: St Scholastica’s Day Riot began in Oxford between ‘town and gown’
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:39
Publish Date: 2018-02-09 21:05:50
Description: Tensions between university students and the locals of Oxford had been building for some time before violence broke out. The townspeople were frustrated with the University’s privileges, while students felt that local businesses exploited them by charging higher prices for rents, goods, and services. On 10 February 1355 a group of students were drinking in the central Swindlestock Tavern. When they complained to the landlord about the quality of the drinks he had brought them, he responded with ‘stubborn and saucy language’ which prompted the two sides to exchange ‘snappish words’. One of the students, who may have been either ...
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