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How Bad Wine Started a War in the City of Oxford - The St Scholastica Day Riots (2023x5)

Air date: Feb 22, 2023

The St Scholastica Day Riots were some of the most brutal and deadly in British history. The city already had a history of pitched battles taking place between the townsfolk and those attending the university but when one group of students were served, what they perceived as being poor quality wine, it would spark a deadly battle that would last several days.