Belief And Devotion And Medival Laws Flashcards
Why would being excommunicated from the church be bad
One of the worst things that could happen to a person wants to be excommunicated from the church. And excommunicated person could no longer participate in church ceremonies, for instance here she cannot be married or be blessed before death. People greatly feared this and felt it meant they would go to hell
What is trial by ordeal
A person might have to swallow poison, pull an object from boiling oil, walk over nine red Hot plows, or carry a red hot piece of iron a certain distance
What is Trial by battle
To nobles would fight until one of them died. The winner was assume to be innocent, because God protected innocent people only no woman had the right to trial by battle.
A noble woman had the right to select a champion to fight on her behalf
What are reasons people would experience trial by ordeal for trial by battle
Crime, murder, treason, burglary, cutting trees from Royal Forest, taking deadwood from royal forest, rape
How Did different social classes experience different crime and punishment
Only Nobleman had the right to try by battle. So a noble woman had the right to select a noble man to fight on her but half church courts with judge monks, nuns and priests and usually gave out a lighter sentence
