Crime and Punishment 1000-1500
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- Crime and Punishement 1000-1500
- Punishment
- Examples
- Blood Feud
- Execution
- Pillories
- Wergild
- Stocks
- Murdrum Fines
- Examples
- Case Study Did the Church help or Hinder justice
- Trial by Ordeal
- Used to judge guilt or innocence in the eyes of God
- Ended in 1215
- Used when juries could not reach a judgement
- Legally Unreliable
- Sanctuary
- If someone on the run got ot a church, he or she could claim sanctuary
- This meant they were under the protection of the Church
- If someone on the run got ot a church, he or she could claim sanctuary
- You then had 40 days to leave the countyr or face trial
- Those who chose to leave had to walk to the nearest port and board the first ship leaving
- Church Courts
- The Church held the right to try any churchman accused of a crime
- Church courts never senteced anyone to death
- Church courts also dealt with a range of moral offences
- Trial by Ordeal
- Definitions of crime
- Theft
- Murder
- ****
- Arson
- Drunk and Disordely
- Treason
- Case Study: Norman Conquest 1066
- Impact on definitions of crime
- Forest Laws
- Made legal activities into serious offences
- Treason
- Forest Laws
- Impact on Punishment
- Used fines for lesser crimes. William got all the fines
- Church Courts were introduced
- Impact on definitions of crime
- Methods of law enforcement
- Church
- Sanctuary
- This meant they were under the protection of the Church
- You then had 40 days to leave the countyr or face trial
- Those who chose to leave had to walk to the nearest port and board the first ship leaving
- This meant they were under the protection of the Church
- Church Courts
- The Church held the right to try any churchman accused of a crime
- Church courts never senteced anyone to death
- Church courts also dealt with a range of moral offences
- Sanctuary
- Local Measures
- Tithings
- Group of ten men
- Responsble for each others behaviour
- If one of them broke the law, the other members had to bring him to court or pay a fine.
- Hue and Cry
- If a crime was committed the victim was expected to raise the 'hue and cry'
- The entire village was expected to down tools and hunt down the criminal
- If a person did not join, the whole village would have to pay a fine
- Trial by local jury
- The jury was made up of men from the village
- The victim and criminal would give their versions of events and it is up to the jury to decide.
- If there was no clear evidence they jury would decide from what they knew about the two people
- Tithings
- Church
- Punishment
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