https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/vrcresearch/london-medieval-murder-map
Readers who appreciate the more macabre aspects of history may enjoy the
London Medieval Murder Map. Here, visitors will find an interactive map
of the medieval city of London with pins marking the locations of 142
homicides that were committed between 1300-1340 and recorded on the
city's Coroners' Rolls. Clicking a pin brings up a short narrative of
that location's murder, the details of which were gathered by an
investigative jury shortly after it occurred. For example, one incident
in the Cheapside area involved an eel-seller who died after being beaten
for discarding eel skins outside a shop. Visitors can filter the map's
contents by fields such as year, murder weapon, and victim's gender, and
they can choose between two different historical maps. Links below the
map (and in the menu to its left) lead to pages explaining how it was
created, how 14th-century London operated, and what this data tells us
about London's violence during this period. Additionally, a video of a
lecture presented at the project's launch is available via a link above
the map. Launched in November 2018, this resource is a project of the
Violence Research Centre (VRC) at the University of Cambridge's
Institute of Criminology and was led by Manuel Eisner, a Professor of
Comparative Criminology and Director of the VRC.
via https://scout.wisc.edu/archives/r51581/london_medieval_murder_map
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