Complex sentence: In Michaelmas'64 and thanks to Paul Foot's experiences three years before forewarned was forearmed, and although Meakin was persecuted by the Proctors, receiving five Proctorial summonses in the space of three weeks, this time round he won the intellectual battle.
Split into simpler sentences: In Michaelmas'64 and thanks to Paul Foot's experiences just three years before, forewarned was forearmed. Although Meakin was persecuted by the Proctors, receiving five Proctorial summonses in the space of three weeks, this time he won the intellectual battle.