Definition of Crime 15-17 (12)

Question 1

Vagabonds:

Answer 1

1. After 1500, because of growing population, falling wages and rising food prices meant that more people left their village for jobs.
2. When a vagabond arrived in a new village, it was not always easy to seek work.
3. A common view was that they were lazy
4. A C16th century pamphlet about the dangers of beggars.

Question 2

Control the Land:

Answer 2

1. New farming methods had serious consequences for the rural poor.
2. Large areas of land which the poor had been previously been able to access were enclosed.
3. Enclosure made it harder for village people to survive.
4. Tried to resist the enclosures by pulling down new fences.

Question 3

Monarch:

Answer 3

1. In the 16th century was rocked by political instability
2. The many changes to the law showed how much power the monarch had in decided what counted as criminal activity.
3. Almost 300 people were executed as heretics during Mary’s reign.
4. A change of ruler could make the everyday religious activities into criminal acts.

Question 4

Witchcraft:

Answer 4

1. In 1645, Hopkins and his assistant began looking for witches in East Anglia.
2. Named 36 women as witches, many of them were vulnerable old women
3. He exhausted his subjects by keeping them awake for multiple days at a time.