The relationship between "town and gown" has often been uneasy – as many as 93 students and townspeople were killed in the St Scholastica Day Riot of 1355.
Forholdet mellem studerende og ikke-studerende i byen var på flere tidspunkter anstrengt – 93 studerende og 93 ikke-studerende blev dræbt i St Scholastika-optøjerne i 1355.