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History, Crime And Punishment In Britian C1000-present, Edexel GCSE (9-1) > c1000-1500 Crime And Punishment- Medieval England > Flashcards

c1000-1500 Crime And Punishment- Medieval England Flashcards

1
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What does the medieval period cover?

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The end of the Anglo-Saxon era, Norman England and Later Medieval England

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What actions have always been crimes?
(Medieval England)

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Theft and murder

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What makes something a crime?

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A crime is a activity that breaks the law.

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In the Anglo-Saxon era who made the laws?

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People with power and wealth

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Name 4 crimes against the person

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•Murder
•Assult
•Public Disorder
•Rape

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Name 3 crimes against property

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•Arson
•Theft
•Counterfeiting coins

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Name 2 Crimes against authority

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•Treason
•Rebellion

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By 1000, Anglo Saxon kings were issuing codes of law that made certain actions crimes, what did this mean?

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Laws were becoming more unified across the country

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9
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After 1066 the importance of the king making laws decreased/increased as his authority increased

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Increased*

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William I added new laws that created new crimes, illustrating that a powerful king can lead to ______?

A

Change*

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When did Henry II become king?

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1154

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What happened in 1154?

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Standard laws were written down, there was now a uniform legal system across the whole country

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Other than the king, what other huge authority was there in defining criminal activity?

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The Church

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14
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Whats poaching?

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Hunting wild animals on other peoples land without paying hunting rights.

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What form of theft increased dramatically after the forest laws?

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Poaching, peasants used what used to be “common land” to catch animals for food

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Was poaching a social crime? If so why? If not why not?

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Yes it was a social crime because it was considered acceptable for many people and helped people survive

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17
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What did reducing the amount of common land mean?

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People had to now choose weather to break the law or go hungry

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18
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When was the Norman conquest?

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1066

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What are some of the ‘new’ crimes King William I added to the Anglo -Saxon ones?

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Rebellion, Forest laws and the murdrum fine

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20
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How much of England was royal forest?

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30%

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21
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Who could use the royal forest?

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William I and the nobles (For hunting)

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Who was evicted from the land (royal forests)?

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Village communities and farms, this caused resentment

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How did William I protect the royal forests?

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With the New forest laws

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Only those who payed ________ were allowed to hunt in the royal forests

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Hunting rights*

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What became illegal to do in the royal forests?

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Graze animals, kill wild animals and take wood (without a license)

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Were people who broke the forest laws seen as criminals in the local community?

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No, because the forest laws seemed unfair

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27
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Key Term: Hundred

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Area of land

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28
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Where the Norman’s welcomed?

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No, there was a lot of resistance

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29
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Where were the large rebellions?

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York and east anglia

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Betraying your lord and rebelling against the king had been crimes in Anglo-Saxon times, but what did William I do to try and assert his authority? A

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He punished these crimes A-LOT harsher, and ordered the death penalty for the rebels themselves

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31
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Did William I also punish those who were not directly involved in the rebellions?

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Yes, estimates say 100,000 people starved to death due to the destruction of farm land and animals on Williams orders in the areas that had seen rebellions

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What was the murdrum fine

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If a Norman was killed and their murderer had not been found within 5 days, the hundred (all the local community) would be fined.

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33
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Was there a official police force in medieval times?

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No, the community was largely responsible for preventing crime and catching criminals.

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34
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Where did most people in c1000 live?

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Small Hamlets and farms

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35
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What were small towns called?

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Burhs

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36
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I’m the tight-nit community’s did people have strong sense of duty towards their communities?

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Yes, this was an important reason why the crime rate was fairly low and had an impact on how the law was enforced

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Did the church play a large role in medieval law enforcement?

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Yes it played a huge role

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38
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What’s a shire?

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A Anglo-Saxon county

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39
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How many tithings were there in a hundred?

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10

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What happened if one man in a tithing was accused of a crime?

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They all had to make sure he went to court or they would have to pay a fine.

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41
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What were shires split into?

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Hundreds

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What’s a shire reeve? (Later a Sheriff)

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A local man appointed by the community to take criminals to court and make sure any punishment was carried out.

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43
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Who did the shire reeve meet regularly with?

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One man from each tithing

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44
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What’s the hue and cry?

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The victim/witness of a crime raised the hue and cry by shouting to alert others. Anyone who heard the hue and cry was expected to chase and help catch the suspected criminal

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45
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What did royal courts deal with?

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The most serious crimes

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46
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What court delt with lesser Crimes?

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Shire courts

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47
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What court delt with petty crimes

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Hundred courts

48
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Were court hearings taken place in public or private?

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Pubic

49
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When would someone be taken to court?

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I’d they didn’t admit to the crime or were not caught in the act

50
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Was swearing oaths ‘before god’ a important part of Anglo-Saxon justice?

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Yes, the accused could swear innocence under oath and others could support them as ‘oath helpers’

51
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What were you called if you helped someone swear a oath of innocence?

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‘Oath helper’

52
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If there wasn’t enough evidence of the suspects guilt for the court and if the jury couldn’t decide who was telling the truth, what happend?

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The accused was handed over to the church so god could decide with a trial by ordeal

53
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Give three reasons why ordinary people hated the forest laws

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-they seemed unfair
-Village community’s and farms were evicted
-it was previously acceptable

54
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Why was Anglo-Saxon law enforcement mainly the responsibility of local communities?

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Because the population of England was very scattered and it wouldn’t be practical, and collective responsibility worked very well already.

55
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What was kept the same in Norman law enforcement?

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Tithings, hue and cry and the court system continued. Law enforcement in most cases remained the community’s responsibility.

56
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What did the Norman’s introduce to help with law enforcement?

A trial + a type of police?

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Introduced trial by combat to settle disputes, and foresters policed the royal forests

57
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What does a forester do?

A

They policed the royal forest and enforced the forest laws and delt with suspects very harshly. They were often feared and hated by the local communities

58
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As towns grew in the 13th and 14 centuries, (1200-1300), did crime increase?

A

Yes, although communities were still involved in law enforcement the authorities became more involved through the appointment of officials

59
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We’re parish constables paid?

A

No

60
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How long did a parish constable stay a parish constable?

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A year

61
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Role of local communities (Medieval law enforcement)

Did the hue and dry and tithing system stay?

A

Yes

62
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Role of local communities (Medieval law enforcement)

When we’re parish constables intoduced?

A

1250

63
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Role of local communities (Medieval law enforcement)

What did the parish constables do?

A

Led the hue and cry, and they arrested suspects

64
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Role of local communities (Medieval law enforcement)

What did some towns have in which volunteers patrolled the streets and any suspected criminals they caught were handed to the constable?

A

Night watch

65
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Role of local communities (Medieval law enforcement)

Was trial by ordeal/combat used by community as a informal method of law enforcement?

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Yes (before 1215)

66
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When was trial by ordeal/combat abolished?

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1215

67
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Role of government appointed officials (Medieval England)

Who was appointed by Richard I as keepers of the peace in some ‘unruly’ areas from 1195?

A

Knights

68
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When were knights first appointed?

A

1195

69
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In 1327 what system did Edward extend in all areas?

A

Knights

70
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When was the justice of peace act?

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1361

71
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Who appointed the JP’s?

A

The monarch and mainly local lords

72
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The role of the sheriff expanded in the later medieval period, what was the new expectations of him?

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He was now expected to track down criminals if the hue and cry didn’t work, and he was allowed to form a posse of local men to help chase down criminals

73
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Least at-least TWO ways in which law enforcement differed in the later medieval period from the Norman period

A

-Knights
-The role of the sheriff expanded
-Trial by ordeal and combat ended

74
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What were the main aims of punishment?

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Retribution, humiliation, reformation , deterrence and to keep people safe

75
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Name 6 main punishments from medieval England

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-Fines
-Stocks
-Maiming/mutilation
-Flogging
-Hanging
-Beheading

76
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Anglo Saxon punishment:

What was most common?

A

-Fines and compensation are the most common

77
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Anglo Saxon punishment:

What was the system of paying compensation to victims of crime and was used for many crimes including murder?

A

Saxon Werguild

78
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Anglo Saxon punishment:

How common was corporal punishment?

A

Fairly common

79
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Anglo Saxon punishment:

How often was capital punishment used?

A

Rarely used

80
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Norman punishment:

What happens to capital and corporal punishment?

A

It rose dramatically and. More offences became capital crimes

81
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Norman punishment:

How was breaking the forest laws punished?

A

Castration, blinding and hanging

82
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Norman punishment:

What happened the the wergild system

A

It ended and fines were now paid to the king

83
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Norman punishment:

How were minor crimes punished?

A

Fines, whipping or time in the stocks

84
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Later Medieval punishment

What happened to capital punishment?

A

It gradually decreased but still existed

85
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Later Medieval punishment

What happend to fines?

A

Became more common

86
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Later Medieval punishment:
How common was corporal punishment?

A

It was still widely used so decently common

87
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Did Medieval punishment depend on class and gender?

A

Yes, commoners were treated differently than nobles, women from men and priests and normal people

88
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Did the amount of wergild payable in Saxon England depend on social status?

A

Yes, for nobles it was a huge sum but wergild for a serf was very little

89
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How were people executed based on social status?

A

Commoners we’re normally hung while nobles were normally beheaded

90
Q

We’re harsh punishments in the Norman period carried out in public?

A

Yes, it “makes people behave”

91
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Key term: Capital punishment

A

Killing the criminal

92
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Key term: Corporal punishment

A

Physically hurting the criminal

93
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Key term: retribution

A

making the criminal suffer for a crime committed, (eg: revenge for the crime committed)

94
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Key term: deterrence

A

Trying to prevent others or the criminal from carrying out a crime

95
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Give three similarities between Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Medieval punishments

A

They all used
-Corporal punishment
-Flogging
-Capital punishment
-Maiming
-Fines

96
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Throughout this period was the church powerful?

A

Yes

97
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Did the church play a direct role in deciding what made a crime and crime, and what punishments were handed out?

A

Yes,

98
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What crimes were tried in an church court?

A

Moral crimes (eg: sex outside marriage) , and not following church rites

99
Q

Church courts also tried members of the clergy for ALL crimes, but what was this called?

A

Benefit of the clergy

100
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How could you prove your right to benefit of the clergy?

A

By reading a passage of the bible- priests were some of the few people who could read. Many people memorised a passage from the bible so they could recite it in court and claim this benefit

101
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What sort of punishments were given out by the church

A

More lenient ones

102
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Why did the church give out more lenient punishments?

A

For the criminal to be reformed

103
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Benefit of the clergy shows us that that the justice system in medieval England wasn’t equal because….

A

It provided a way for people to be treated differently. The benefit of the clergy was not available for women and they couldn’t be priests

104
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What did sanctuary provide protection from?

A

The law

105
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Where could you get sanctuary?

A

In some important churches

106
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How could you claim sanctuary?

A

By going to a important church that offered it

107
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Once you have gained sanctuary what would the priest do?

A

Report the crime but no one was allowed to arrest the accused

108
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What were the options when you were granted sanctuary?

A

Agree to go to court or swear a oath to leave the country

109
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How long did sanctuary last?

A

40 days

110
Q

After sanctuary, what would happen if the accused didn’t leave the country after 40 days?

A

They would be outlawed

111
Q

When was trial by ordeal first used?

A

Anglo-Saxon times

112
Q

Name 4 trial by ordeals:

A

-Trial by hot water
-Trial by hot iron
-Trial by cold water
-Trial by blessed bread

113
Q

Who could take trial by blessed bread?

A

Priests only

114
Q

Trial by hot water and iron decide someone’s innocence/guilt

A

If the wound had started to heal well they were innocent

115
Q

How did trial by water decide someone’s innocence or guilt?

A

If they sunk they were innocent as the water had accepted them

116
Q

How did trial by blessed bread show someone’s innocence or guilt?

A

If they choked they would be guilty

117
Q

Give three ways church courts were used in the 13th century

A

-Trial by ordeal
-benefit of the clergy
-Sanctuary

History, Crime And Punishment In Britian C1000-present, Edexel GCSE (9-1) (3 decks)

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