Crime And Punishment-medieval

Question 1

when was the medieval period?

Answer 1

1250-1500

Question 2

What religion were they?

Answer 2

Roman catholic

Question 3

God was represented by who on earth?

Answer 3

The king

Question 4

The kings people were in what 3 groups?

Answer 4

• The clergy (church)
• Lords
• Everyone else

Question 5

Land was divided into what?and owned by?

Answer 5

Counties and was owned by Lords

Question 6

Counties divided into what?

Answer 6

Hundreds

Question 7

Hundreds divided into?

Answer 7

Manors and parishes

Question 8

Land was divided into what?

Answer 8

Strips for peasants

Question 9

What was in 1381?

Answer 9

The Peasants Revolt

Question 10

Work was done with?

Answer 10

Tools and hands

Question 11

Who were not free to do what they wanted?

Answer 11

Peasants

Question 12

Animals were kept where at night?why

Answer 12

Inside because they were very valuable

Question 13

What structured Medieval peoples lives?

Answer 13

Church calender

Question 14

Ale was drunk because?

Answer 14

Water was too dirty

Question 15

Percentage of homocide in 1300-1348

Answer 15

18%

Question 16

Percentage of robbery in 1300-1348

Answer 16

9.5%

Question 17

Percentage of burglary in 1300-1348

Answer 17

24%

Question 18

Percentage of theft in 1300-1348

Answer 18

40%

Question 19

What was classed as murder?

Answer 19

Suicide

Question 20

Stealing more than what amount was classed as a fellony?

Answer 20

12D

Question 21

Two examples of petty crimes

Answer 21

Dept, minor harm to person or property

Question 22

What was to be reported to the coroner, then the king?

Answer 22

Sudden death

Question 23

Over what amount of murders started from arguments?

Answer 23

50% usually because of hunger

Question 24

Examples of new crimes in 1350-1400

Answer 24

Scolding, vagrancy, treason

Question 25

Who fought each other with their own personal armies?

Answer 25

Lords

Question 26

Name one crime from the 1400s and what it was

Answer 26

Outlaws, feared gang, usually in their state because they avoided court, ambushed travellers

Question 27

What did the church deal with?

Answer 27

Sins such as gambling and moral crimes like heresy and spreading false beliefs

Question 28

Three ways to avoid the death penalty

Answer 28

- have powerful friends - 40days and nights in church and this confess sins to coroner - join the kings army - get pregnant - become kings approver - benefit of the clergy

Question 29

Name all 4 law enforcers

Answer 29

Sheriff Chief Constable of the Hundred Parish Constable People

Question 30

Who was the kings agent in each county

Answer 30

Sheriff

Question 31

Who gathered a posse when a crime was discovered?

Answer 31

Sheriff

Question 32

How many chief constables of the hundred were appointed each year?

Answer 32

2

Question 33

Who ensured men aged 15-60 were equipped with tools for the army?

Answer 33

Chief constable of the hundred

Question 34

How many parish constables were appointed each year?

Answer 34

1

Question 35

When did the parish constables ensure every man practiced archery every sunday?

Answer 35

1363

Question 36

What role did the people have in law enforcement?

Answer 36

Tithings of 10 men | The hue and cry

Question 37

What 3 things did towns have that the countryside did not in terms of law enforcement ?

Answer 37

Towns had - watchmen - borough courts - church courts

Question 38

What was similar to hundred courts but had no Lords

Answer 38

Borough courts

Question 39

One example of a church court law

Answer 39

Sex outside marridge

Question 40

Name the 4 courts and their purposes

Answer 40

Royal court-fellonies Quarter assizes-royal judges from London visit county 2/3x per year for fellonies Justices of the peace-petty crimes in each county Manor courts-local crimes

Question 41

When was the quarter assizes created?

Answer 41

1293

Question 42

When were quarter sessions introduced.

Answer 42

1388

Question 43

Who were manor courts ran by

Answer 43

Lords

Question 44

When were watchmen introduced

Answer 44

1285

Question 45

4 main death penalties

Answer 45

Hanging Hanging, drawing and quartering Burned alive Local variations on hanging

Question 46

two reasons to be hanged

Answer 46

Murder or 12D+ worth of goods

Question 47

Reason to be hanged, drawn and quartered

Answer 47

High treason, counterfeit 💰

Question 48

Two reasons to be burned alive

Answer 48

Petty treason, heresy

Question 49

Eg of a local variation on hanging

Answer 49

Thrown of the white cliffs of dover

Question 50

3 main punishments

Answer 50

Fines Public humiliation Imprisonment

Question 51

Three examples of public humiliation

Answer 51

Cucking stool Pillory Publicly Confessing sins

Question 52

What was imprisonment for?

Answer 52

Minor crimes such as debt

Question 53

Name the 4 reasons why homocide was so high in middle ages😡🤤😵🏚give eg

Answer 53

1. anger, eg-william of willington had no money to buy candles so murdered the seller 2. Hunger caused by famine 3. suicide- a sin against God 4. Vagrancy, eg after the black death in 1348 so 3 years later parliament said everyone had to work in their village

Question 54

What were outlaws?eg

Answer 54

Feared and despised gangs that stole from the rich and gave to the poor Eg William Faut robbed two unknown men of £10

Question 55

Name the 5 types of homocide🙋🏼‍♂️👊🏼😱😵😈

Answer 55

``` Justifiable homocide Homocide in self-defence Accidental homocide Suicide Murder ```