Crime & Punishment (1500-1700) 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryCrime and punishment through time (OCR History A)GCSEEdexcel Created by: pgrantCreated on: 02-06-19 19:58 1517: Martin Luther, a German priest, protested against corruption in the Catholic Church. 1 of 20 Henry VIII: 1509-47 (81 Executions for Heresy) 2 of 20 Edward VI: 1547-53 (2 Executions for Heresy) 3 of 20 Mary I: 1553-58 (283 Executions for Heresy) 4 of 20 Elizabeth I: 1558-1603 (5 Executions for Heresy) 5 of 20 Vagrancy Act: 1547, An able-bodied vagabond, Who was without work for more than three days, was to be branded with the letter V and sold as a slave for two years. 6 of 20 Act for the Relief of the Poor: Included hand punishment to act as a deterrent to vagrants. 7 of 20 Poor Laws: 1601, Aimed to make the system for dealing with vagrants more consistent. 8 of 20 Poor Law Act, 1601: Created a long-lasting distinction between those who chose poverty over work. 9 of 20 Enclosure: Made it harder for village people to survive and added to the flow of rural poor away from villages and into towns in search of paid work. 10 of 20 Game Act, 1671: Preventing poor people to continue to hunt rabbits and hares and fish so they could improve their diet. 11 of 20 Smuggling: Sneaking in products illegal to a nation. 12 of 20 Puritan Rule: Role Of The Government - New Moral Laws introduced by Oliver Cromwell. 13 of 20 Who committed the Gunpowder Plot in 1605? Guy Faukes 14 of 20 When was Guy Faukes caught? 20th October 1605 15 of 20 Execution method: Hang, Drawn & Quatered 16 of 20 Thanksgiving Act: 1605, Banned Catholic’s from a legal profession. 17 of 20 Witchcraft Act: 1542 18 of 20 Who was the King at the time of Witchcraft speculation? James I 19 of 20 Matthew Hopkins: A former Essex Lawyer and self-proclaimed ‘Witch Finder General’. 20 of 20
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