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

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1
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what is treason

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any action against the monarch

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what happened to treason in the early modern period

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it increased

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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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when was the gunpowder plot

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1605

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who were the gunpowder plotters trying to kill

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James I

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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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when did Henry VIII become head of the CoE?

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1534

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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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what religion was Mary I

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catholic

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what did Mary I do to punish protestants

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she burned 300 alive

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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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what are vagabonds / is vagrancy?

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vagabonds are poor people that begged on the streets

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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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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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when was thomas harman’s book on vagabonds published

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1567

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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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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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what happened to heresy in the early modern period

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it increased

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what happened to vagrancy in the early modern period

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it increased

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what happened to witchcraft in the early modern period

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it increased

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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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when was witchcraft made illegal?

who by?

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1542

Henry VIII

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what was demonologie

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a book written by James I

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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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did the hue and cry and tithings exist in the early modern period
only in small vilages
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when were townwatchmen introduced?
the early modern period
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where were town watch men introduced?
early modern period
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what did town watch men do?
patrol the streets and deal with vagabonds
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where parish constables still used in the early modern peiod?
yes
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why were the hue and cry and tithings innefective in large towns?
there were too many people
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when were seargants introduced
early modern period
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what did sergeants do
enforce the laws in markets
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where church courts still used in the early modern period
yes
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was trial by ordeal still used in the early modern period
only trial by cold water for witch trials
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when was the habeas corpus act passed
1679
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what did the habeas corpus act do
made it illegal to hold someone in prison without charge
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was trial by jury still used in the early modern period
yes
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was sanctuary still used in the early modern period
no
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when was sanctuary abolished
1623
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list 6 early modern period punishments
stocks fines corporal capital houses of correction transportation
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what were stocks used for in the early modern period
minor crimes like swearing
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what was the most common form of punishment in the early modern period
fines
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what were fines used for in early modern period
minor crimes like swearing
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what was the punishment for vagrancy in the early modern period
being whipped through the streets
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what was corporal punishment used for in the early modern period
punishing vagrancy
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what was capital punishment used for in the early modern period
treason, heresy and witchcraft
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what happened to the gunpowder plotters
they were hung drawn and quartered in 1605
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what was the punishment for heresy and witchcraft in the early modern period
being burnt alive
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what is another name for houses of correciton
bridewells
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what happened in houses of correction
inmantes were made to do hard labour
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when were houses of corection used
the early modern period
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when did transportation begin
1660s
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where were criminals originally taken to forr transportation
america
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what were the conditions like during transportation
close to slavery
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what was the death penalty used for in the 1600s
only the most serious crimes
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when did the bloody code begin
1688
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in the year 1688, how many crimes were punishable death
50
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in the year 1815, how many crimes were punishable by death
225
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what was happening to crime rates when the bloody code began
they were decreasing
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why was the bloody code introduced in the early modern period
fear population increase
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what was happening to fear of crime when the bloody code was introduced in the early modern period
the fear of crime was increasing
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why was the fear of crime increasing in the early modern period
because of books like Thomas Harmans' and James I's
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how much did population increase in the early modern period
the population of london grew 10x in 150 years
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why did population rises make it easier for criminals to escape
the streets were buisier

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