During The Anarchy, Empress Matilda escaped siege of this city's castle by walking across a frozen river. In Anglo-Saxon times, this town was at a strategic point between Wessex and Mercia. Historians believe that Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote down his Arthurian legends in this
During The Anarchy, Empress Matilda escaped siege of this city's castle by walking across a frozen river. In Anglo-Saxon times, this town was at a strategic point between Wessex and Mercia. Historians believe that Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote down his Arthurian legends in this city's chapel. A document written in this city established a 24-member council which Simon de Montfort intended to use to check Henry III's royal power; those namesake "Provisions" helped kick off the Barons' Wars. For 10 points, name this city where students from Merton and Balliol colleges got into early "town-gown" riots, home to the oldest university in Britain.
During The Anarchy, Empress Matilda escaped siege of this city's castle by walking across a frozen river.
Oxford [or Oxon]