Historical Nonfiction

Town And Gown, Extreme Edition

The worst college campus riot until relatively recently erupted at mediaeval Oxford—the “town and gown” battle of 1354. Escalating from a tavern quarrel, the violence lasted for three days, involved dozens of townsmen and students, and ended with several dead and many injured.

This was back when colleges, like all towns, had walls around them. The days of riots made within college walls the only safe place for students. In fact, two Oxford colleges still hate each other because one allegedly refused to let in the other’s student, possibly a death sentence.

When the king found out, he sided with the university. In punishment, every year afterwards the mayor of Oxford had to crawl on his knees every year to the head dean of the University. The practice only stopped in the 1820s!

(Source: allfunandgames.ca)

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    Not at all an uncommon occurence, either. It happened at Paris and various German universities, too. I am not even sure...

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