GCSE HISTORY Crime and Punishment (1500-1700)

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Name given to the dramatic increase in crime punishable by death.
Bloody Code
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Appointed men in large towns, they arrested drunkards and vagabonds.
Watchmen
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Employed men into markets to enforce market regulations by weighing goods and collecting funds.
Sergeants
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Men that tracked down criminals and collected rewards. (Jonathan Wilde)
Thief Takers
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A trial that took place in court.
Trail by Jury
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James I book on witchcraft and witch hunts.
Daemonologie
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Unemployed and a letter V branded on their head.
Vagabonds
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Import taxes was too high so people sold goods on the black market.
Smuggling
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Masked men that robbed travellers at gunpoint.
Highwaymen
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Crime punishable by death for killing animals.
Poaching
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The holding of religious beliefs opposed to church doctrine.
Heresy
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Appointed men in large towns, they arrested drunkards and vagabonds.

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Watchmen

Card 3

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Employed men into markets to enforce market regulations by weighing goods and collecting funds.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Men that tracked down criminals and collected rewards. (Jonathan Wilde)

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

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A trial that took place in court.

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Preview of the front of card 5
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