It's easy to lose oneself down the rabbit hole of medieval murder for hours, filtering the killings by year, choice of weapon, and location. Think of it as a kind of 14th-century version of Clue: It ...

Some medieval crimes were so strange – and so unsolved – that they still baffle historians today. In this video, we examine a few of the most mysterious murders from the Middle Ages. With ...

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.

He may have betrayed her to the Church—she may have had him killed. Researcher uncovers medieval murder in modern-day maps.

Researchers cite new evidence of how a medieval British noblewoman may have plotted to exact revenge and help kill her former lover, a priest, nearly 700 years ago.

Launched by the Institute of Criminology’s Violence Research Centre, Medieval Murder Maps is a digital resource that plots crime scenes based on 700-year-old coroners’ inquests and investigations.

The coroner’s rolls are packed with medieval crime procedure. “It’s certainly not a lawless society,” Eisner said. Citizens were expected to raise the hue and cry when trouble broke out, ...

Ela Fitzpayne was a powerful aristocrat who offended the Archbishop of Canterbury and was ordered to do a "walk of shame." ...

Building a medieval castle from scratch 04:02. Crime-solving techniques applied to a medieval illuminated manuscript in Paris may have solved a centuries-old puzzle - the true identity of a ...

Eisner leads the Medieval Murder Maps project, a digital resource that plots crime scenes based on translations of the coroners' rolls, mainly from the 14th century. The project has produced maps ...

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.