keywords

Question 1

medieval

kings peace

Answer 1

the anglo saxon belif that is is the kings responsibility to take care of law and order

Question 2

treason

Answer 2

betraying the king - i.e helping enemy or plotting to kill (high treason)

Question 3

medieval

crimes against the person

Answer 3

crimes causing physical harm to others i.e murder

Question 4

medieval

crimes against the property

Answer 4

taking or damaging someone elses property i.e arson theft etc

Question 5

medieval

collective responsibility

Answer 5

being responsible for the actions of other members of your community

Question 6

medieval

reeve

Answer 6

a local official appointed from the community

Question 7

abbeys

Answer 7

communities of monks or nuns

Question 8

moral crimes

Answer 8

crimes that didnt physically harm anyone but didnt match with societies views of decent behaviour i.e public drunkeness

Question 9

kings shire reeve

Answer 9

a man appointed locally to bring criminals to justice - sheriff

Question 10

medieval

oath

Answer 10

a formal declaration of facts calling on god as a witness

Question 11

petty theft

Answer 11

stealing small low value items

Question 12

maiming

Answer 12

causing physical harm as punishment i.e ear cut off

Question 13

capital punishment

Answer 13

death penalty

Question 14

early modern / industrial

capital crimes

Answer 14

crimes punishable by death

Question 15

corporal punishment

Answer 15

causing harm or pain to the body - i,e being whipped

Question 16

retribution

Answer 16

a servere punishment ment to match the serverity of the crimes

Question 17

deterrent

Answer 17

punishment ment to scare / put ppl off

Question 18

medival/ early modern

poaching

Answer 18

illegal hunting on land that belongs to someone else

Question 19

brand / branding

Answer 19

burning a mark on a criminals skin

Question 20

clergy

Answer 20

ppl working for the church i.e priests

Question 21

heresy

Answer 21

holding beliefs different to the established religion at the time

Question 22

secular

Answer 22

non religious

Question 23

high treason

Answer 23

plotting to kill / betray the king , seen as a crime against god and the king

Question 24

banishment

Answer 24

being ordered to leave the country

Question 25

consecrated bread

Answer 25

blessed / holy bread - believed to be the body of christ

Question 26

excommunication

Answer 26

to be ejected / kicked out of the catholic church by the pope

Question 27

recant

Answer 27

make a public statement that you have changed religious beliefs

Question 28

poor relief

Answer 28

financial assistance for poorest members of society

Question 29

enclosed

Answer 29

fenced off by land owner

Question 30

early modern

import duties

Answer 30

taxes payable on goods imported into the country

Question 31

modern

decriminalise

Answer 31

make a previously criminal act legal

Question 32

pardon

Answer 32

when a person is let off for a crime

Question 33

superstition

Answer 33

beliefs based on old ideas about magic rather than science or logic

Question 34

rehabilitate

Answer 34

help someone return to their normal life and society after a crime

Question 35

conspiritor

Answer 35

someone invloved in plan to commit a crime