Crime and punishment (Medieval England) 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryCrime and punishmentGCSEEdexcel Created by: eb43Created on: 11-04-22 15:34 What time period did Medieval England span? What times in history are included? - 1000 - 1500 - Anglo-Saxon - Norman - Medieval 1 of 20 Name 3 common crimes against property. - Counterfeiting coins -Stealing crops and poaching -Arson 2 of 20 Name 4 common crimes against a person. - Murder - Assault - Sexual assault - Public disorder. 3 of 20 Name 2 common crimes against authority. - Treason - Rebellion 4 of 20 Name 3 common crimes in Norman times. - Rebellion - Poaching on royal land (forest law) - Murder. 5 of 20 Explain the Forest law. - Pay for hunting rights/license - Introduced by William the conqueror - 30% land = royal forest -Broken law. 6 of 20 In what way did WC assert power? - Death Penalty for rebels (York/East Anglia) - Punished those not directly involved. (100,000 starved to death) 7 of 20 Name 5 Anglo-Saxon law enforcemets - Tithing - Hue and cry - Oaths -Courts -Deciding guilty or innocent 8 of 20 Describe the job of a parish constable. -Locals nominated by community - Unpaid work - Duration of 1 year 9 of 20 When was trial by combat abolished? - 1215 10 of 20 Who was feared by poachers in the late middle ages? why? - Royal Foresters - Patrolled the royal forests. - Severe punishments. 11 of 20 What changed with a sheriff's job from 1285? - Able to form a group of men to chase down criminals. 12 of 20 What did Richard 1'st put in place in 1195? How did Edward 2'nd change this? - Knights/Peace keepers for certain areas. - 1327 - extended system to all areas. 13 of 20 Name 6 Medieval punishments. - Fines - Stocks - Maiming - Flogging - Hanging - Beheading 14 of 20 In AS times was capital or corporal punishment more common? - Corporal = common (Fines + compensation) - Capital = rare 15 of 20 What happened with punishment in N times? -Capital(more common) + corporal increased - Wergild ended/fines payed to royal. 16 of 20 Punishment in LM ages? - capital punishment decreased - Corporal widely used. - Fines more common. 17 of 20 What was the benefit of the clergy? -Priests(men) could read a passage from the bible in a church court and receive more lenient punishment. - PROBLEM = criminals would learn the passage and receive BOC. 18 of 20 Name 3 trials influenced by church/religion. - Trial by ordeal/Hot iron - Trial by water/Ducking - Trial by consercrated bread (priests - chocked=guilty) 19 of 20 Describe Church Sanctuary. - Protection from law - Not all churches - Crime reported without arrest - 40 days sanctuary - After: Oath/leave country Court/punishment. 20 of 20
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