Medieval Murder Maps
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Medieval Murder Maps give insights into violence and justice in late medieval London, York, and Oxford.
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I do love a map - fascinating to see the murder hot spots in York
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Our medieval murder maps reveal the surprising geography of violence in 14th-century English cities
In the 14th century, Sundays were particularly deadly.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I do love a map - fascinating to see the murder hot spots in York
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Medieval Murder Map reveals patterns of urban violence in 14th-century England
A new project is reframing beliefs about violence in the Middle Ages...
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A new project is reframing beliefs about violence in the Middle Ages...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/patt...
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #middleages #medieval
September 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Medieval Murder Map reveals patterns of urban violence in 14th-century England
A new project is reframing beliefs about violence in the Middle Ages...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/patt...
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #middleages #medieval
A new project is reframing beliefs about violence in the Middle Ages...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/patt...
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #middleages #medieval
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Unsure as to where to house your characters? The Medieval Murder Map project has plotted murders in London, York and Oxford during the 14th century:
Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project - Criminal Law Forum
This study examines the spatial patterns of homicide in three 14th-century English cities—London, York, and Oxford—through the Medieval Murder Map project, which visualizes 355 homicide cases derived…
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September 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Unsure as to where to house your characters? The Medieval Murder Map project has plotted murders in London, York and Oxford during the 14th century:
Our medieval murder maps reveal the surprising geography of violence in 14th-century English cities @uk.theconversation.com
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Our medieval murder maps reveal the surprising geography of violence in 14th-century English cities
In the 14th century, Sundays were particularly deadly.
theconversation.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Our medieval murder maps reveal the surprising geography of violence in 14th-century English cities @uk.theconversation.com
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Just received my copy of The Historian @histassoc.bsky.social. Thanks to @tombhamilton.bsky.social and Ros Crone for a fab issue on crime and punishment 💕
August 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just received my copy of The Historian @histassoc.bsky.social. Thanks to @tombhamilton.bsky.social and Ros Crone for a fab issue on crime and punishment 💕
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Huge congratulations @lflannigan17.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
Well deserved 👏
Well deserved 👏
Winner of the RHS First Book Prize (2025):
'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
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'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
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July 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Huge congratulations @lflannigan17.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
Well deserved 👏
Well deserved 👏
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Come (virtually) to hear me talk about @medimurdermaps.bsky.social for Curious Histories: Charity History Talks on 10 September.
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Mapping Murder in Medieval York, London, and Oxford
Dr Stephanie Brown, lead researcher on the York medieval murder map, reveals the homicidal topography of fourteenth-century English cities.
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June 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Come (virtually) to hear me talk about @medimurdermaps.bsky.social for Curious Histories: Charity History Talks on 10 September.
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Do you like medieval England 🏴
AND
murder mysteries? 🔪 💀
You can literally go door to door on this map and see details on what murder happened where and by what means. You can also see coroner’s notes.
It…is…fascinating 🤯
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AND
murder mysteries? 🔪 💀
You can literally go door to door on this map and see details on what murder happened where and by what means. You can also see coroner’s notes.
It…is…fascinating 🤯
medievalmurdermap.co.uk
Welcome to Medieval Murder Maps
The interactive Medieval Murder Map gives unique insight into danger, violence, and justice in medieval London, York & Oxford.
medievalmurdermap.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Do you like medieval England 🏴
AND
murder mysteries? 🔪 💀
You can literally go door to door on this map and see details on what murder happened where and by what means. You can also see coroner’s notes.
It…is…fascinating 🤯
medievalmurdermap.co.uk
AND
murder mysteries? 🔪 💀
You can literally go door to door on this map and see details on what murder happened where and by what means. You can also see coroner’s notes.
It…is…fascinating 🤯
medievalmurdermap.co.uk
The Maps can also be used in teaching – whether it be in school, college, undergraduate, or postgraduate.
If you have used the Medieval Murder Maps, we would love to hear your about your experience.
Get in touch by comment, DM, or email in link below
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If you have used the Medieval Murder Maps, we would love to hear your about your experience.
Get in touch by comment, DM, or email in link below
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Medieval Murder Maps in the Classroom - Medieval Murder Maps
The Medieval Murder Maps are much more than a curiosity or even the basis for research. The Maps can also […]
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June 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Maps can also be used in teaching – whether it be in school, college, undergraduate, or postgraduate.
If you have used the Medieval Murder Maps, we would love to hear your about your experience.
Get in touch by comment, DM, or email in link below
medievalmurdermap.co.uk/blog/medieva...
If you have used the Medieval Murder Maps, we would love to hear your about your experience.
Get in touch by comment, DM, or email in link below
medievalmurdermap.co.uk/blog/medieva...
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I can finally talk about this! I am a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker
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Six early-career university researchers will work with programme makers to bring new ideas and the latest academic scholarship to audiences
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June 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I can finally talk about this! I am a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker
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Check out this blog I wrote for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social on using @medimurdermaps.bsky.social in your teaching
📣New blog!
How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜
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How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜
Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
From Coroners’ Rolls to the Classroom: Engaging Students with the Medieval Murder Map
Dr Stephanie Brown, University of Hull s.brown6@hull.ac.uk @stephemmabrown.bsky.social How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society? In lots of ways, actually. The…
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June 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Do you want to hear more about this case? Check out our podcast Medieval Murders
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June 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Do you want to hear more about this case? Check out our podcast Medieval Murders
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And India: www.ndtv.com/world-news/s...
June 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
And India: www.ndtv.com/world-news/s...
Also Mexico: El Heraldo heraldodemexico.com.mx/mundo/2025/6...
June 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Also Mexico: El Heraldo heraldodemexico.com.mx/mundo/2025/6...
El Periodico www.elperiodico.cat/ca/ciencia/2...
Una dama, un capellà i un crim medieval: Cambridge resol un assassinat 700 anys després
Un criminòleg de la Universitat de Cambridge aconsegueix resoldre el cruent assassinat en què s’entremescla una història d’amor, traïció i venjança
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June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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El Correo: Una aristócrata libertina y un clérigo degollado: así se resuelve un crimen del siglo XIV | El Correo www.elcorreo.com/tiempo-de-hi...
Una aristócrata libertina y un clérigo degollado: así se resuelve un crimen del siglo XIV | El Correo
Un criminólogo de la Universidad de Cambridge aclara un suceso que conmocionó a la capital inglesa hace siete siglos
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June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
El Correo: Una aristócrata libertina y un clérigo degollado: así se resuelve un crimen del siglo XIV | El Correo www.elcorreo.com/tiempo-de-hi...
La Vanguardia: www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/2025...
Una vengativa y adúltera aristócrata inglesa de hace 700 años mandó asesinar a sangre fría a su amante sacerdote a pleno día en Londres
El sacerdote John Forde estaba caminando por Cheapside, en Londres, el viernes 3 de mayo de 1337. Durante el trayecto por el barrio de Westcheap, el mercado principal al
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June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
La Vanguardia: www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/2025...
Spain:
ABC: Resuelven siete siglos después el sangriento asesinato de un cura por encargo www.abc.es/cultura/resu...
ABC: Resuelven siete siglos después el sangriento asesinato de un cura por encargo www.abc.es/cultura/resu...
Resuelven siete siglos después el sangriento asesinato de un cura por encargo
Criminólogos de la Universidad de Cambridge que investigan casos medievales descubren pruebas que apuntan a la venganza de una examante aristócrata
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June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Spain:
ABC: Resuelven siete siglos después el sangriento asesinato de un cura por encargo www.abc.es/cultura/resu...
ABC: Resuelven siete siglos después el sangriento asesinato de un cura por encargo www.abc.es/cultura/resu...
France:
Sciences et Avenir: Meurtre au Moyen Âge : une affaire rocambolesque vieille de plus de 600 ans enfin résolue www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo...
Sciences et Avenir: Meurtre au Moyen Âge : une affaire rocambolesque vieille de plus de 600 ans enfin résolue www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo...
Meurtre au Moyen Âge : une affaire rocambolesque vieille de plus de 600 ans enfin résolue
En 1337, un prêtre est assassiné dans la rue, en plein cœur de Londres. 688 ans plus tard, un historien et criminologue spécialiste du Moyen Âge, Manuel Eisner, a résolu cette affaire rocambolesque. L...
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June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
France:
Sciences et Avenir: Meurtre au Moyen Âge : une affaire rocambolesque vieille de plus de 600 ans enfin résolue www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo...
Sciences et Avenir: Meurtre au Moyen Âge : une affaire rocambolesque vieille de plus de 600 ans enfin résolue www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo...
Austria:
Der Standard: www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/...
Der Standard: www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/...
Skandalöser Mittelalter-Mord geklärt: Ein Priester, eine Adelige und ein Dolchstoß
1337 starb ein Kirchenmann auf einer belebten Straße in London. Zeitgenössische Dokumente offenbaren nun die Hintergründe eines spektakulären Falles
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June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Austria:
Der Standard: www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/...
Der Standard: www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/...
RTL: Cold Case aus dem Mittelalter gelöst: Lady Ela ließ ihren Priester-Lover brutal ermorden www.rtl.de/news/cold-ca...
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June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
RTL: Cold Case aus dem Mittelalter gelöst: Lady Ela ließ ihren Priester-Lover brutal ermorden www.rtl.de/news/cold-ca...
Focus: Sex, Macht und Rache: Geliebte des Priesters – 688 Jahre alter Cold Case aufgeklärt www.focus.de/focusplus/se...
Sex, Macht und Rache: Geliebte des Priesters – 688 Jahre alter Cold Case aufgeklärt
In London wird 1337 ein Priester auf der Straße brutal ermordet. Ein Wissenschaftler aus Cambridge fand jetzt heraus, wer dazu den Auftrag gab und lüftete ein „typisches Beispiel für die Klassenjustiz...
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June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Focus: Sex, Macht und Rache: Geliebte des Priesters – 688 Jahre alter Cold Case aufgeklärt www.focus.de/focusplus/se...