early modern period 1500-1700

Question 1

context

Answer 1

religious conflict between protestants and catholics
english civil war
strong belief in witchcraft
further growth of towns
more trade into europe
land taken away from poor
increased poverty

Question 2

population increase

Answer 2

2.5 million in 1500
6 million in 1700

Question 3

religion continuity

Answer 3

major part of people’s lives
still influences crime and punishment

Question 4

religion change

Answer 4

monarchs control laws and beliefs about being protestant or catholic
change in monarch religion after reformation

Question 5

crimes and laws continuity

Answer 5

treason
poaching
theft/ fraud - due to growing towns

Question 6

crimes and laws change

Answer 6

vagabondage (vagrancy act 1547)
relief of poor act 1547
poor law 1601
heresy
smuggling- organised/ gangs/ luxuries
puritan laws during rule of oliver cromwell

Question 7

law enforcement continuity

Answer 7

collective respons.
villages/ towns responsible for law enforcement
hue and cry
no national law enforcement/ policing

Question 8

law enforcement change

Answer 8

witchcraft not tried in church courts
smuggling difficult to enforce - ‘social crime’
increased wealth= more opportunity for crime
town constables/ night watchmen/ thief takers

Question 9

punishment continuity

Answer 9

heresy
being able to ‘recant’
emphasis on deterrence and retribution
stocks and pillory
corporal/ capital
prisons used to contain criminals before trial until 1600s

Question 10

punishment change

Answer 10

transportation to north america
early prisons- correction houses
the bloody code

Question 11

causes of changes

Answer 11

religion
economy (increasing poverty and wealth)
attitudes in society ( witchraft + treatment of criminals)
population growth/ growing towns
trade
exploration and empire ( colonisation of NA)
influence of historical events