1250 - 1500 : CRIME 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryCrime and punishment through time (OCR History A)GCSEOCR Created by: kangarooCreated on: 10-01-19 20:53 What were the key contributions to crime teachings of church, reliance on land , structure of society 1 of 17 what are the types of crime? Serious crimes (felonies) and petty crimes (small and significant) 2 of 17 Where is evidence fro crime gained from? Crime rates not recorded, evidence gained from Parish records 3 of 17 Examples of a felony? murder /suicide (church taught only god can take life) and theft over 12d 4 of 17 Different types of murder/ homicide? justifiable, self defence, accidental, murder ,suicide 5 of 17 Why were murder rates extremely high? *****-farming; people work closely together, with heavy tools, no healthcare so arguments lead to death/murders 6 of 17 What was a big contribution to crime? Famine (1315-1316 Harvest Failures): lead to murders and crime due to anger and starvation, people fell in debt ,so crime rate rate increased 7 of 17 What happened in 1275? Edward I allowed death penalty for theft over 12d 8 of 17 What was vagrancy? travelling and looking for jobs 9 of 17 why did the rate of vagrancy increase? Rose after black death (Plague) - killed half of population (3.5m) - shortage of workers also led to debt and thefts 10 of 17 What year was the black death? 1348 11 of 17 what were outlaw gangs? made up of people who were escaping from punishments/on the run from the law 12 of 17 What did the outlaw gangs do? lived in the forests. ambushed people and stole 13 of 17 What was heresy? crimes against the church - eg. Lollards wanted Bible translated into English 14 of 17 What was the 1351 Treason Act? included crimes against authority, eg kings, country, or even husbands. Also included counterfeiting 15 of 17 What was a crime that abused authority? War of Roses : 1455-1485 16 of 17 What was the War of Roses? rebellious Lords ruling over areas and forcing civilians to join in too. 17 of 17
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