ClaireFromClare , 6 months ago to histodons

"Cambridge is probably the most intensively dug city in the country" (UK). Recent archaeology has informed a long-awaited map showing some of the layers: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67497550

The #HistoricTownsTrust is showing glimpses in its "Advent Calendar": https://nitter.net/hist_towns

Earlier maps of the #medieval street names & hostels, #Roman context & snapshot c.1800 are on the HTT website at https://www.historictownstrust.uk/towns/cambridge

#HistoricalMap #Cambridge #CambridgeUniversity @medievodons @histodons

dancingtreefrog , 9 months ago to random

Young male college students + booze + sex = murder

Students made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England, research suggests

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-students-oxford-capital-late-medieval.html

> A project mapping medieval England's known murder cases has now added Oxford and York to its street plan of London's 14th century slayings, and found that Oxford's student population was by far the most lethally violent of all social or professional groups in any of the three cities.

#medieval #england #murder