600 year period after the fall of the Roman Empire
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What was a Blood Feud
If someone hurt you or your family you could legally hurt them and their family back
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Who came to Britain in 597 AD
Saint Augustine
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How were criminals caught
Hue and cry; tithing; relying on each other when criminals had to be caught
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How were trials conducted
The victim gathered all the evidence and witnesses; they were called folk-moots and were large open-air meetings
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Who was the most important figure in medieval trials
The priest
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How was a judgement reached with trial b cold water
The water would reject the accused thrown
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What was the 3rd type of trial
Trial by Boiling water
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What would happen if you failed trial by ordeal
The head of the village would decide your punishment
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What year did the Normans invade
28th September 1066
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What were Norman Punishments
High treason=hanging, drawing and quartering; killing, major theft=men hanged, women burned; fighting, drunkenness, theft=stocks/pillory, hand cut off and whipping
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What was Norman Justice
Everyone now spoke Norman-french; rebellions were suppressed brutally (harrying of the earth); kept many Anglo-Saxon laws
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What were Forest laws
Laws which banned everyone except from the monarch to hunt animals; couldn't own a dog or a bow
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What were Norman Policing
There was no national police force; there were watches who were unpaid; continued anglo-saxon methods; fines
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What were Norman Courts
Lord of the manor was judge & tax collector; Jury of 12; County court met up 2X a year
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What is the definition of the hue & cry
A call if someone committed a crime
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What is the definition of Wergild
Anglo-Saxon compensation
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What is the definition of a tithing
A group of ten men responsible for maintaining law & order
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What was a Blood Feud
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If someone hurt you or your family you could legally hurt them and their family back
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