Often referred to as a "kidney dagger," it would have been carried by many medieval students at Oxford—an uncommon number of whom apparently harbored murderous intent.

Seeing current campus protests unfold is a reminder that solidarity between protesting students and their teachers in medieval Europe was the origin of the modern-day university, write historians ...

It confirms a medieval account of Oxford students entertaining themselves with such distractions – although the historical account is about a student who was actually killed during such a game.

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

Oxford was the murder capital of late-medieval England, with the city’s male university population being the main catalyst for violence, according to new research.

Subjects that are now typically separated into different academic disciplines were rarely separated in the Middle Ages; medieval studies brings these subjects together in a natural, multidisciplinary ...

Medieval Studies students may use the reference library of the Richard Rawlinson Center (RRC), which has holdings of over 6,000 books, offprints and electronic resources, for research and study during ...

Standing in front of a group of fourth-graders, Elizabeth Bowser explained that while Philip Grace was wearing tights, he wasn’t a superhero. Disappointing as that might have been to them, their ...

When students from the University of Chester pulled out their tools and began to dig in northern Wales, they weren’t sure what they would find. Hopefully, there was evidence of a Roman ...

News. Ahead of April 8 total solar eclipse, UT Arlington students embrace medieval astronomy Partnering with librarians, the students produced an exhibit, opening March 26, comprising maps ...

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.