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

Medieval London was a city full of life – and not all of it pleasant. In this video, we explore what it truly felt like to walk the streets of London centuries ago. From the clang of blacksmiths and ...

Each of these attacks took place at the same violent “hot spot” in medieval London, and they were among more than 350 homicides committed across three English cities that have been chronicled ...

Monument to the Great Fire of London Standing tall at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, the Monument to the Great Fire of London is a striking reminder of the inferno that once ...

Fitzpayne’s tangled web of adultery, extortion and assassination also reveals that despite social constraints, some women in late medieval London still had agency — especially where murder was ...

WH Smith will receive less-than-expected cash from the sale of its UK high street business to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital, it said on Monday, citing reduced cash flow due to softer trading and a ...

The lecture, "The House of Converts in Medieval London," will draw on her book "The King's Converts: Jewish Conversion in Medieval London." The House of Converts in London was a unique institution in ...

A skeleton found in London records a brutal killing about 1200 years ago, thought to be a rare example of a judicial execution of a woman in medieval England ...

Fitzpayne’s tangled web of adultery, extortion and assassination also reveals that despite social constraints, some women in late medieval London still had agency — especially where murder was ...

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — The sun was setting on a busy London street on a May evening in 1337 when a group of men approached a priest named John Forde. They surrounded him in front of a ...

The Medieval Murder Maps project collects cases of homicide and other sudden or suspicious deaths in 14th century London, Oxford and York, including the location of the killing of John Forde, a ...