Anglo Saxons

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How was law and order during the Anglo Saxons?
local communities and family
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what is a blood feud?
it is where the victim or the victims family had the right to take revenge on the person who did you harm.
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what was the punishment for minor crimes?
fines
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what was the punishment for stealing?
the cutting off of hands and feet
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what was the punishment for slander?
cutting off their tongue
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what was the punishment for serious crimes (treason against king)?
execution by beheading, burning or hanging
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why was the death penalty rarely used? what was the alternative?
mutilations were used instead as they believed that it gave the guilty a chance to repent.
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what is a blood feud?

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it is where the victim or the victims family had the right to take revenge on the person who did you harm.

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what was the punishment for minor crimes?

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what was the punishment for stealing?

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what was the punishment for slander?

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