MEDIEVAL CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

medieval crimes =

anglo-saxon crimes = 

• crimes against person = murder
• crime against property = petty theft 
• crimes against authority = treason 

Punishments = 

• capital and corporal punishments = hanged or mutiliation 
• wergild = compensation paid to victims family 
• stocks and pillorys 
• sanctuary = crinimal protected from law for 40 days 
• benefit of clergy = clergy able to avoid punishment if able to recite psalm 15 
• retribution = blood fued - family can kill someone who killed their kin
• replaced with deterrance = wergild replaced blood fued

Law Enforcement = 

• tithings = men over the age of 12 who would catch crinimals and enforce the law - around 10 men
• Hue and cry = if a crime has occured someone can call the H + C to alert the community 
• Trial by jury = a group of men from the community who knew the accused and accuser - decide who is telling the truth
• Trial by ordeal = were torture mechanisms designed to test…