crime and punishment

Question 1

Anglo Saxon time (that we are learning)

Answer 1

C.1000 - 1066

Question 2

Groups of people who were responsible for others in their group are called?

Answer 2

Tithings

Question 3

When responsibility is shared?

Answer 3

Collective Responsibility

Question 4

The 4 factors in the Anglo Saxon time are?

Answer 4

1. Religion (churches)
2. Poverty/Wealth
3. Society/Attitudes
4. Government

Question 5

When did Britain get taken over and by who?

Answer 5

1066 AD by William Duke of Normandy in the battle of Hastings

Question 6

What is a blood feud?

Answer 6

When a victims family can kill the perpetrator of a serious crime that was against them.

Question 7

When was the wergild changed?

Answer 7

wergild was changed in 1066 once the Normans were in power it changed to the Murdrum fine which would be paid to the king if an Anglo Saxon killed a Norman.

Question 8

What was the Wergild?

Answer 8

The Wergild was a form of compensation to a victim’s family

Question 9

After 1066 who was the Wergild paid to?

Answer 9

The Wergild was paid to the king

Question 10

The murdrum fine was paid to who for what?

Answer 10

paid to the hundred in the area for killing a Norman but only if you are an Anglo Saxon

Question 11

what were many crimes put in place to be?

Answer 11

Deterrence

Question 12

What was a hue and cry

Answer 12

where members of the community raise the alarm about a crime being committed and then all the people who heard the cry chase after the criminal was a form of collective responsibility

Question 13

All 4 trial by ordeals in the Anglo Saxon era are

Answer 13

trial by hot water
trial by hot iron
trial by cold water
trial by blessed bread

Question 14

Trial by hot water is

Answer 14

the accused had to plunge their hand into boiling water and have it bandaged for three days

Question 15

Trial by cold water is

Answer 15

a person would be thrown into a lake or a body of water and if they floated then they were guilty but if they sunk they weren’t guilty but would drown usually used for women if they were thought to be witches

Question 16

Trial by hot iron is

Answer 16

where a criminal would be burned by hot iron and if they healed in a set time then god would’ve saved them and they would be found not guilty

Question 17

Trial by blessed bread is

Answer 17

a priest could eat a bread without coughing then he would be so called saved by god

Question 18

crimes against authority

Answer 18

crimes that threaten or oppose leaders, government or king members such as treason

Question 19

crimes against property

Answer 19

crimes where a person illegally breaks into private property and may damage such as arson and burglary

Question 20

crimes against person

Answer 20

These are crimes that inflict harm on a person, including murder, rape, harassment, domestic violence and assault

Question 21

sanctuary is

Answer 21

a person could claim sanctuary in which they’d agree
to leave the country if agreed with the clergy

Question 22

why would people take oaths

Answer 22

to show that they would not repeat offend and as everyone would know each other this would be effective

Question 23

what punishment would treason get you in AS

Answer 23

execution

Question 24

where corporal punishments used in AS

Answer 24

yes such as mutilation

Question 25

what would get you in the stocks

Answer 25

public disorder

Question 26

trial by community is

Answer 26

where local men would become the jury and decide whether someone was innocent or guilty we still use this to this day

Question 27

what punishment would you get if you committed arson in AS

Answer 27

execution

Question 28

when was medieval England

Answer 28

1066-C.1500 and consisted of - Anglo Saxons C.1000 - 1066 (of what we are learning)

Question 29

what were some new crimes in Norman England

Answer 29

1. Murdrum fine - paid to the hundred in the area it was found in 2. forest laws - 30% of England was declared as royal forests and you were punished if found taking anything from here or being in these areas 3. church courts - William set up church courts for moral crimes such as adultery

Question 30

what was the harrying of the north and in which period was it

Answer 30

William the conqueror decided to burn crops in the north due to them not seeing him as the king of England it increased control and was in 1069-70

Question 31

what was the benefit of the clergy?

Answer 31

as clergy member could only be tried in church courts which gave very few capital punishments

Question 32

what was the new trial that the Normans made?

Answer 32

trial by combat where an accused would fight the accuser and if the accused won they would be not guilty due to god deciding who wins

Question 33

what were some continuity of the local communities roles in punishment and law enforcement between Anglo Saxon period and the Norman period?

Answer 33

tithings hue and cry trial by ordeal (trial by combat was made by the Normans as well)

Question 34

what was the Norman to Anglo Saxon ratio in 1066?

Answer 34

300:1