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

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

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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.

The team behind the Medieval Murder Maps—a digital resource that plots crime scenes based on translated investigations from 700-year-old coroners' inquests—estimate the per capita homicide rate in Oxford to have been 4-5 times higher than late medieval London or York.

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Medieval Uni students were not allowed to turn up to classes without their sword and academic gown, and could not be expected to sit an exam without a pint of beer according to the academic charter.

Edited September 28 by Alchopwn