Medieval Murder Maps
@medimurdermaps.bsky.social
Medieval Murder Maps give insights into violence and justice in late medieval London, York, and Oxford.
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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.
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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 💕
A great opportunity to work at TNA
We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...
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August 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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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 🤯
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
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
medievalmurdermap.co.uk/blog/medieva...
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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New Generation Thinkers 2025 selected to shape programming on BBC Radio 4
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 📜
Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
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
Check out this blog I wrote for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social on using @medimurdermaps.bsky.social in your teaching
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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June 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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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...
For our European, or linguist, followers we are getting some coverage in European press:
June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For our European, or linguist, followers we are getting some coverage in European press:
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Medieval London Murder Solved: Priest Killed by Noblewoman’s Orders www.medievalists.net/2025/06/medi... - and follow @medimurdermaps.bsky.social #TrueCrime #MedievalHistory
Medieval London Murder Solved: Priest Killed by Noblewoman’s Orders - Medievalists.net
A priest murdered in 14th-century London. A noblewoman’s vendetta. Cambridge's Medieval Murder Maps reveals a tangled tale of adultery, public penance, and revenge near St Paul’s Cathedral.
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June 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Medieval London Murder Solved: Priest Killed by Noblewoman’s Orders www.medievalists.net/2025/06/medi... - and follow @medimurdermaps.bsky.social #TrueCrime #MedievalHistory
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Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project
Springer Nature
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Springer Nature
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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 ...
link.springer.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project
Springer Nature
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Springer Nature
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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How cool is this? @medimurdermaps.bsky.social identifies the location, time, and details of medieval murders in London, Oxford, and York.
E.g., "Man Battered by Pancake" is pretty great.
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E.g., "Man Battered by Pancake" is pretty great.
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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 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
How cool is this? @medimurdermaps.bsky.social identifies the location, time, and details of medieval murders in London, Oxford, and York.
E.g., "Man Battered by Pancake" is pretty great.
medievalmurdermap.co.uk
E.g., "Man Battered by Pancake" is pretty great.
medievalmurdermap.co.uk
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It's wonderful to see our maps being used as the basis for innovative historical research. It's amazing what can be discovered! (with @medimurdermaps.bsky.social ) www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Noblewoman may have ordered brazen murder of priest outside St Paul’s in 1337
Historian mapping medieval murders has evidence notorious stabbing was revenge hit by impenitent ex-lover
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's wonderful to see our maps being used as the basis for innovative historical research. It's amazing what can be discovered! (with @medimurdermaps.bsky.social ) www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The murder of John Ford discussed today on World at One (from 36mins)
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News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
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June 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The murder of John Ford discussed today on World at One (from 36mins)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Finally, the academic article describing how the database was created, and providing some analysis, is provided here:
Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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 ...
link.springer.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Finally, the academic article describing how the database was created, and providing some analysis, is provided here:
Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We are also in The Washington Post today... for those of you with access
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Just how bloody was medieval England? A ‘murder map’ holds some surprises.
The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.
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June 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We are also in The Washington Post today... for those of you with access
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The first article relating to @medimurdermaps.bsky.social has been published today.
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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 ...
link.springer.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The first article relating to @medimurdermaps.bsky.social has been published today.
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We are in the news again ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Noblewoman may have ordered brazen murder of priest outside St Paul’s in 1337
Historian mapping medieval murders has evidence notorious stabbing was revenge hit by impenitent ex-lover
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We are in the news again ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...