Crime and punishment (Medieval England)

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  • Created on: 11-04-22 15:34
What time period did Medieval England span?

What times in history are included?
- 1000 - 1500

- Anglo-Saxon
- Norman
- Medieval
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Name 3 common crimes against property.
- Counterfeiting coins
-Stealing crops and poaching
-Arson
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Name 4 common crimes against a person.
- Murder
- Assault
- Sexual assault
- Public disorder.
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Name 2 common crimes against authority.
- Treason
- Rebellion
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Name 3 common crimes in Norman times.
- Rebellion
- Poaching on royal land (forest law)
- Murder.
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Explain the Forest law.
- Pay for hunting rights/license
- Introduced by William the conqueror
- 30% land = royal forest
-Broken law.
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In what way did WC assert power?
- Death Penalty for rebels (York/East Anglia)
- Punished those not directly involved.
(100,000 starved to death)
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Name 5 Anglo-Saxon law enforcemets
- Tithing
- Hue and cry
- Oaths
-Courts
-Deciding guilty or innocent
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Describe the job of a parish constable.
-Locals nominated by community
- Unpaid work
- Duration of 1 year
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When was trial by combat abolished?
- 1215
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Who was feared by poachers in the late middle ages? why?
- Royal Foresters
- Patrolled the royal forests.
- Severe punishments.
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What changed with a sheriff's job from 1285?
- Able to form a group of men to chase down criminals.
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What did Richard 1'st put in place in 1195?

How did Edward 2'nd change this?
- Knights/Peace keepers for certain areas.

- 1327 - extended system to all areas.
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Name 6 Medieval punishments.
- Fines
- Stocks
- Maiming
- Flogging
- Hanging
- Beheading
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In AS times was capital or corporal punishment more common?
- Corporal = common (Fines + compensation)
- Capital = rare
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What happened with punishment in N times?
-Capital(more common) + corporal increased
- Wergild ended/fines payed to royal.
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Punishment in LM ages?
- capital punishment decreased
- Corporal widely used.
- Fines more common.
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What was the benefit of the clergy?
-Priests(men) could read a passage from the bible in a church court and receive more lenient punishment.

- PROBLEM = criminals would learn the passage and receive BOC.
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Name 3 trials influenced by church/religion.
- Trial by ordeal/Hot iron
- Trial by water/Ducking
- Trial by consercrated bread
(priests - chocked=guilty)
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Describe Church Sanctuary.
- Protection from law
- Not all churches
- Crime reported without arrest
- 40 days sanctuary
- After: Oath/leave country
Court/punishment.
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Card 2

Front

Name 3 common crimes against property.

Back

- Counterfeiting coins
-Stealing crops and poaching
-Arson

Card 3

Front

Name 4 common crimes against a person.

Back

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Card 4

Front

Name 2 common crimes against authority.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Name 3 common crimes in Norman times.

Back

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