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When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 election, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe took note: ...
At that time, Iceland was a forest growing between the mountain and the coast. Christian men lived on the island then, whom ...
The unsolved London murder of priest John Forde from 1337 is now solved, revealing Forde’s death likely came at the order of English noblewoman Ela Fitzpayne.
The unsolved London murder of priest John Forde from 1337 is now solved, revealing Forde’s death likely came at the order of English noblewoman Ela Fitzpayne.
Viking and Medieval Studies (master) If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures. Recommended previous knowledge. A ...
This course covers the history of Scandinavia from the Viking Age (c.700 CE) until the Reformation. It broadly focuses on the region’s political, social, and cultural developments alongside its ...
Cambridge University's Medieval Murder Maps project analysed the murder of priest John Forde. Forde was killed in 1337 in a calculated act of revenge by a member of the English aristocracy. Ela ...
A Cambridge criminologist has uncovered new evidence in the killing of a priest, John Forde, who had his throat cut on a busy London street almost seven centuries ago. The case is among hundreds ...
Cambridge mapping project solves a medieval murder ... The victim was a priest and her erstwhile lover, John Forde, who was stabbed to death in the streets of Cheapside on May 3, 1337.
Researchers have uncovered handwritten letters, court documents, and a coroner’s report related to the nearly 700-year-old cold case murder of a medieval priest. Published on June 5 in the ...
Medieval cold case is SOLVED: Vengeful noblewoman had her priest lover murdered after 'betrayal' that forced her to do Game of Thrones-style walk of shame, study reveals ...