This is the history of Oxford as you have never encountered it before. The first historical record of Oxford laments that the city has been burnt to the ground by Vikings. Its religious houses were founded by a woman who blinded her would-be attacker. Its students were poverty-stricken desperados in perpetual armed conflict with the townsmen. One of its principal colleges, meanwhile, doubled as a slaughterhouse--and its richest streets and university...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:075246549X
ISBN13:9780752465494
Release Date:September 2012
Publisher:History Press
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"
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