Causes Of Crime

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Give the 4 main causes of crime in the medieval era.
Famine, disease, high taxation, warfare.
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Name an example of famine in the medieval era.
The Great Famine of 1315-17.
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Name an example of disease in the medieval era.
The Black Death of the 1340s.
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What was the revolt, caused by the Poll Tax of the 1370s, called?
Peasants' Revolt 1381.
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Name a destructive war of the medieval era.
Norman Conquest of 1066 and/or Wars of the Roses of 1455-85.
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What was the most common crime in the medieval era, and why was it?
Petty theft, due to desperation caused by poverty.
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Give the 5 main reasons for a rise in poverty in the 16th century.
The population doubled, rising inflation, bad harvests, farmers kept sheep more (so less need for labourers), Henry VIII closed all monasteries.
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Define vagrancy.
Peasants who left their homes to find work in nearby towns.
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Define heresy.
Holding a belief or opinion that is different to the current accepted religion.
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Define treason.
The crime of betraying one's country, monarch, or government.
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Define smuggling.
The secret trade in goods to avoid paying customs duties.
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What was the main cause of smuggling?
The government raised customs duties of imports in order to pay for war against France.
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Define highway robbery.
Stopping people as they travel on a road and robbing them.
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Give 3 main reasons for the rise of highway robbery,
Improvements in turpike roads encouraged more to travel, many kept their money on their person, handguns were easier to acquire.
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Define urbanisation.
Large numbers of people moving into towns and cities for work.
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Give at least 3 examples of new crimes in the 20th century.
Any from: Car crime, computer crime, terrorism, football hooliganism, modern smuggling, drug related crimes, gun and knife crime.
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Name an example of famine in the medieval era.

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The Great Famine of 1315-17.

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Name an example of disease in the medieval era.

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What was the revolt, caused by the Poll Tax of the 1370s, called?

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Name a destructive war of the medieval era.

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