First launched in 2018, Cambridge’s Medieval Murder Maps plots crime scenes based on translated investigations from 700-year-old coroners’ reports. These documents were recorded in Latinand are ...

This video explores the history and development of London, covering key topics such as: - The origins of Londinium - The ...

A team of archaeologists has determined that the source of cod consumed in London shifted abruptly in the early thirteenth century when locally caught fish gave way to imports. The evidence for this ...

A new interactive map produced by Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology plots each murder that occurred in early Medieval England to support research into the history of violence in London.

Archeologists in London have found a medieval ritual bath that they say is among the oldest pieces of physical evidence of Jews in Europe. The mikvah dates from the 13th century and is “the only ...

CMEMS presents a James Field Willard Lecture in Medieval History, "Gilds and Things: the Making of Medieval London" with Rory Naismith for Monday, March 18th, 2019 at 5:00 PM in UMC 247. Medieval ...

Do you have to dodge the contents of bedpans or step over rotting corpses on your way to work? Well, you may have had to if you'd lived in London, New York or Paris when they were filthy cities.

There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one story that fell ...

They were the Jimmy Choos of their day. Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, suffered for their ...