Rebels burn the records of Cambridge University
1381 · Event
Townsmen and rebels sack the university's chest and burn its charters in the market square, with Margery Starre scattering the ashes: 'Away with the learning of clerks!'
On these timelines: The Peasants' Revolt, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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