Crime and punishment 1000-1500
- Created by: Epic Al
- Created on: 24-06-22 16:38
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- Medieval England
- Crimes
- against property
- Arson
- Theft such as stealing crops or poaching
- Counterfeiting coins
- against the person
- Murder
- Assault
- Public Disorder
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- Against Authority
- Treason
- Rebellion
- against property
- King Made the laws
- Crime in Norman England
- Forest Laws
- 30% of England became royal forest
- Had to pay for hunting rights
- illegal to graze animals
- Seen as social laws
- villages and farms were kicked off
- Murdrum fine
- establish control
- if a Norman was killed and the culprit wasn't caught the nearest settlement had to pay a large sum of money
- Forest Laws
- Law Enforcement
- Tithings
- men above 12
- 10 men
- shared blame for each other
- Hue and Cry
- A witness or victim shouted an alert
- everyone who heard had to chase the criminal
- it was a crime to not chase
- Tithings
- Punishment
- Fines
- Stocks
- Maiming
- Flogging
- Hanging
- Beheading
- Church
- Trail by ordeal
- hot water or iron
- If the wound healed they were innocent
- Water
- If they sank they were innocent
- Consecrated bread (for priests)
- If they choked on the bread they were guilty
- hot water or iron
- Benefit of the clergy
- Proved by saying a passage in latin
- Could be abused
- Sanctuary
- protection from the law
- 40 days to hide in the church
- couldn't be arrested
- Had less power after 1215
- Trail by ordeal
- Crimes
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