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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · 17d

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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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Aug 28

My article for @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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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Aug 6

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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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Aug 4

A great opportunity to work at TNA

Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Aug 4

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...

Records Specialist - Early Modern Parliament at The National Archives

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Jul 3

Huge congratulations @lflannigan17.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
Well deserved 👏

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 3

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)

bit.ly/4nwi4kj 1/2 #Skystorians

Cover for 'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Jun 27

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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Diana @diana-m-keener.bsky.social · Jun 17

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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Welcome to Medieval Murder Maps

The interactive Medieval Murder Map gives unique insight into danger, violence, and justice in medieval London, York & Oxford.

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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 19

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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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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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Jun 16

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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Gustavs Strenga @strenga.bsky.social · Jun 11

Also Latvia: www.delfi.lv/campus/56036...

Mīļākās brutālā atriebība – profesors atrisina 700 gadus senu mācītāja slepkavības lietu

Pats mācītājs gan arī neesot bijis nekāds svētais un likumpaklausīgais pilsonis.

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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Jun 12

Check out this blog I wrote for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social on using @medimurdermaps.bsky.social in your teaching

Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Jun 12

📣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...

From Coroners’ Rolls to the Classroom: Engaging Students with the Medieval Murder Map

Dr Stephanie Brown, University of Hull [email protected] @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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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

Do you want to hear more about this case? Check out our podcast Medieval Murders

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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

And India: www.ndtv.com/world-news/s...

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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

Also Mexico: El Heraldo heraldodemexico.com.mx/mundo/2025/6...

Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

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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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

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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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

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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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

Spain:
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

www.abc.es

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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

France:
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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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

Austria:
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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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

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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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

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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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

Germany:

Süddeutsche Zeitung: London: Warum eine Adlige ihren Geliebten, einen Priester, ermorden ließ - Wissen www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/true-...

London: Warum eine Adlige ihren Geliebten, einen Priester, ermorden ließ

Ein Kriminologe meint, er habe einen 668 Jahre alten Mordfall gelöst. Bei Mord hatten die Briten einst erstaunliche Vorlieben.

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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 10

For our European, or linguist, followers we are getting some coverage in European press:

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · Jun 7

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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