Normans
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- Normans 1066-1154
- Law
- The role of the King became more significant and the importance of religion increased.
- William set up church courts to deal with religious and moral crimes.
- Priests could only be tried which had no power to use the death penalty.
- Benefit of Clergy
- Right of Sanctuary
- Priests could only be tried which had no power to use the death penalty.
- William set up church courts to deal with religious and moral crimes.
- The Norman invasion brought about new laws
- Creation of the new law; 'killing a Norman'
- William the Conqueror introduced 'forest laws'
- Normans introduced 'trial by combat'
- The role of the King became more significant and the importance of religion increased.
- Punishments
- Death penalty and mutilations was used much more
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- For minor crimes the main punishments didn't change from the Anglo-Saxon period.
- Paying compensation to victims of crime declined.
- Death penalty and mutilations was used much more
- Law
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