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St Scholastica Day riot

A forgotten footnote to a footnote in history, this riot ensured the University of Oxford held prominence over the town's authorities for several hundred years, which allowed it to develop and grow and get rich all at the same time. Any comments and suggestions are welcome. Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 16:52, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Serialis Numerus V-IV-I-II-IX

Let me look properly at it tomorrow, but thanks for the invite. Off the top of my head:

• The picture postcards from the university should probably be labelled as 19C. depictions somehow.

• Yep, done. - SchroCat (talk) 21:32, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

• Ref #39 (Jeaffreson 1871) has a pp error.

• Yep, done. - SchroCat (talk) 21:32, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

• Likewise Chance, Colvin, Cooper et al. needs, apparently "pagenums for book chapter".

• Yep, done. - SchroCat (talk) 21:32, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

• Perhaps the aftermath section is the best place for a mention of the 15C poems based on the event.
• I might have missed it, but if not, point out (background) the relevance of the saint's day itself, one of the most significant day's in the uni's calendar, her being the patron of what they did.
• Also aftermath, the uni was still referencing its charter nearly 200 years later (to Wolsey).
• Might be worth looking at Rait's Life in the Medieval University.
• An interesting side effect was that Oxford suffered a dearth of drama, plays or theatre until the 16C.
  ——SN54129 18:39, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Gog the Mild

I have boldly copy edited all over; revert at will.

• "The violence following the bar brawl" Possibly 'The violence started by the bar brawl'?
• "University halls and students' accommodation was raided" 'were raided'? (Tim would know.)
• "concerned murders by students" It may be worth pointing out who the victims were.
• "In the centre of the town, on the corner of St Aldate's and Queen Street, at Carfax, the Swindlestock Tavern was based; the tavern was a regular drinking spot for the students." This sentence seems misplaced. It would fit better as the second sentence of "Dispute".
• I suggest borrowing Sn's footnote explain what a mark is. Link mark at first mention.
• "12 of the 29 coroner's courts held between 1297 and 1322 concerned murders by the students" Yet the two examples you give just before are both murders of students.
• Are you deliberately leaving "de" uncapitalized when it starts a sentence?
• Is there such a thing as an "emphasis of blame"? Outside James Bond film titles I mean.
• "Other customers and students" The students would not also be customers then?
• "bows and arrows, cudgels and staves" I know what you mean, but it reads a little unfortunately.
• "any student who had rented rooms ... was killed or maimed" I doubt that. Maybe. 'any student who was found in their rented rooms ... '?

A quick run through. I will try and have a proper go through later. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:10, 4 December 2019 (UTC)