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Researchers cite new evidence of how a medieval British noblewoman may have plotted to exact revenge and help kill her former ...
The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male ...
It's easy to lose oneself down the rabbit hole of medieval murder for hours, filtering the killings by year, choice of weapon ...
Each of these attacks took place at the same violent “hot spot” in medieval London, and they were among more than 350 homicides committed across three English cities that have been chronicled in ...
He may have betrayed her to the Church—she may have had him killed. Researcher uncovers medieval murder in modern-day maps.
Eisner leads the Medieval Murder Maps, a digital resource that plots crime scenes based on translations of the coroners’ rolls, mainly from the 14 th century. The project has produced maps for London, ...
English noblewoman Ela Fitzpayne did not “forget or forgive” the actions of the church that left her publicly humiliated, ...
The interactive Medieval Murder Map visualizes 355 homicides reported by coroners in the 14th century across London, York and ...
In the end, the only charge that ever stuck in the murder case was an indictment against one of the family’s former servants.
Learn more about the Medieval Murder Maps project that helped shed light on a nearly 700-year-old cold case.
It was also “London’s most prominent homicide hotspot ... Ford’s was one of 355 unsolved homicides documented by the Medieval Murder Maps project — a database created by the University ...