Clashes Between Townspeople and Students Were Often Termed Town and Gown

Clashes between townspeople and students were often termed town and gown fights because

A) townspeople wore traditional medieval clothes, including gowns.
B) students were often foreigners.
C) students took clerical orders and were thus immune from town courts.
D) townspeople were often barred from attending university because of canon law.
E) artisan guilds vied with university guilds over jurisdictional rights.