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History > 🏛️🧑🏻‍⚖️Early Modern Crime and Punishment🧑🏻‍⚖️🏛️ > Flashcards

🏛️🧑🏻‍⚖️Early Modern Crime and Punishment🧑🏻‍⚖️🏛️ Flashcards

1
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what is treason

A

any action against the monarch

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2
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what happened to treason in the early modern period

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it increased

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3
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give one example of treason in the early modern period

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the gunpowder plot

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4
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when was the gunpowder plot

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1605

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5
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who were the gunpowder plotters trying to kill

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James I

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6
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why did treason increase in the early modern period

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because there was increased religious division due to the church of england

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7
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when did Henry VIII become head of the CoE?

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1534

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8
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what is heresy?

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heresy is when people go against the religion of the monarch.

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9
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what religion was Mary I

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catholic

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10
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what did Mary I do to punish protestants

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she burned 300 alive

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11
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why did heresy increase in the early modern period

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religion changed frequently. this led to increased religious division

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12
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what are vagabonds / is vagrancy?

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vagabonds are poor people that begged on the streets

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13
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list three reasons why were vagabonds considered dangerous in the early modern period

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people were printing books about them

they were increasing in number

religion

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14
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give one example of a book about the dangers of vagabonds in the early modern period

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thomas harman’s book

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15
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when was thomas harman’s book on vagabonds published

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1567

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16
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give two reasons why vagabonds increase in number during the early modern period

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there were bad harvests in the 1570s and 1590s

londons population grew 10x in 150 years

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17
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what did religion say about vagabonds in the early modern period

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the bible said lazy people were evil

“the devil makes work for idle hands”

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18
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what happened to heresy in the early modern period

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it increased

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19
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what happened to vagrancy in the early modern period

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it increased

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20
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what happened to witchcraft in the early modern period

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it increased

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21
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give 3 reasons why witchcraft increased in the early modern period

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made illegal
religious change
demonologie

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22
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when was witchcraft made illegal?

who by?

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1542

Henry VIII

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23
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what was demonologie

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a book written by James I

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24
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how was witchcraft affected by religious change in the early modern period

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people were more afraid of evil

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25
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did the hue and cry and tithings exist in the early modern period

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only in small vilages

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26
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when were townwatchmen introduced?

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the early modern period

27
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where were town watch men introduced?

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early modern period

28
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what did town watch men do?

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patrol the streets and deal with vagabonds

29
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where parish constables still used in the early modern peiod?

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yes

30
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why were the hue and cry and tithings innefective in large towns?

A

there were too many people

31
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when were seargants introduced

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early modern period

32
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what did sergeants do

A

enforce the laws in markets

33
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where church courts still used in the early modern period

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yes

34
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was trial by ordeal still used in the early modern period

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only trial by cold water for witch trials

35
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when was the habeas corpus act passed

A

1679

36
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what did the habeas corpus act do

A

made it illegal to hold someone in prison without charge

37
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was trial by jury still used in the early modern period

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yes

38
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was sanctuary still used in the early modern period

A

no

39
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when was sanctuary abolished

A

1623

40
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list 6 early modern period punishments

A

stocks
fines
corporal
capital
houses of correction
transportation

41
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what were stocks used for in the early modern period

A

minor crimes like swearing

42
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what was the most common form of punishment in the early modern period

A

fines

43
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what were fines used for in early modern period

A

minor crimes like swearing

44
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what was the punishment for vagrancy in the early modern period

A

being whipped through the streets

45
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what was corporal punishment used for in the early modern period

A

punishing vagrancy

46
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what was capital punishment used for in the early modern period

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treason, heresy and witchcraft

47
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what happened to the gunpowder plotters

A

they were hung drawn and quartered in 1605

48
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what was the punishment for heresy and witchcraft in the early modern period

A

being burnt alive

49
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what is another name for houses of correciton

A

bridewells

50
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what happened in houses of correction

A

inmantes were made to do hard labour

51
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when were houses of corection used

A

the early modern period

52
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when did transportation begin

A

1660s

53
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where were criminals originally taken to forr transportation

A

america

54
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what were the conditions like during transportation

A

close to slavery

55
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what was the death penalty used for in the 1600s

A

only the most serious crimes

56
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when did the bloody code begin

A

1688

57
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in the year 1688, how many crimes were punishable death

A

50

58
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in the year 1815, how many crimes were punishable by death

A

225

59
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what was happening to crime rates when the bloody code began

A

they were decreasing

60
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why was the bloody code introduced in the early modern period

A

fear
population increase

61
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what was happening to fear of crime when the bloody code was introduced in the early modern period

A

the fear of crime was increasing

62
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why was the fear of crime increasing in the early modern period

A

because of books like Thomas Harmans’ and James I’s

63
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how much did population increase in the early modern period

A

the population of london grew 10x in 150 years

64
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why did population rises make it easier for criminals to escape

A

the streets were buisier

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