#medieval murder

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Forensic Medicine and Death Investigation with Sara Butler

Everyone loves a good medieval whodunit, but how did real people investigate homicides in the Middle Ages? What did they look for? And how did they decide if a person’s death was an unfortunate accident or foul play? This week, Danièle speaks with Sara Butler about forensic medicine, and how death investigation was conducted in medieval England.

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omfg, I’m dying,

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I sense this must be a pet peeve

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Look at these dorks in love.

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Medieval Criminal Justice: How to Get Away With Medieval Murder (ish)

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Thanks to these maps, it’s easier to spot trends in crime throughout history. 

Eisner and Brown recently published statistics detailing how Oxford can be crowned a medieval murder capital due to its population of rowdy youths. In the 14th century, the per capita homicide rate in Oxford was up to five times higher than in major cities such as London or York, and 75% of the perpetrators were students between the ages of 14 and 21.

How a Medieval Murder Map Helped Solve a 700-Year-Old London Cold Case

It all started as a Cambridge criminologist’s macabre hobby.

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murder cont.

touching on both “walking in the city” and the murder map, it’s terrifying to consider the possibility (and maybe likeliness) of passing by a murderer. most of the murders on the map were committed by regular people. 

as someone who was introduced to the unsolved murder of jonbenet ramsey, i cant help but love a good mystery. the two murdered princes in the tower of london is also “unsolved,” though Shakespeare really put the heat on Richard III. london is also home to jack the ripper, the infamous unidentified serial killer. we also have the murder of marlowe... a bar fight gone awry.

(fun fact, I catfished the president of the Richard III Society in Conn. and almost started a RI chapter.)

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Valentine’s Day Crime of Passion or Premeditation?

This headline reads: Jealous Priest Kills Man He Finds with Lover

In the parish of St. Lawrence Jewry in the Cheap Ward, an unassuming man was putting on the ritz for his lover, Alice de York. It was the night before the feast of Valentine, so you can imagine the magic occuring in the bedroom between Alice and Walter de Anne. However, Alice had a secret. In addition to seeing Walter, she was also seeing Alan de Hacford, a priest. 

On Monday, February 13, 1326, Alan crept into Walter’s bedroom and finding him with Alice, killed him. Perhaps shock caused him to grab a nearby sword and destroy his insides. Or perhaps Alan and Alice planned this attack. Alice’s compliance and even assistance during the stabbing, seems peculiar. Unless she really prefered Alan to Walter. I mean, why was Alan even going into Walter’s room in the first place? Honestly, they were probably hooking up too. Anyway, following the stabbing, Alan and Alice fled to an unknown location leaving all of their belongings behind. They were never caught. As for Walter, he  was discovered bloodied, but still alive the following morning...Valentine’s Day. Sadly, his wounds were far too severe to survive and he died the following Monday.