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Flashcards by pjlovingthelearning, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by pjlovingthelearning
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| Question | Answer |
| Queen Boudicca rebels | Roman times |
| Blood Feud | Anglo-Saxons |
| Tithings | Began in Anglo-Saxon times. Still used in Middle Ages |
| Wergeld | Anglo-Saxon times |
| Botgeld | Anglo-Saxons |
| John Howard | 18th Century Wrote book called State of Prisons in 1777 |
| Trial by Combat | Normans |
| Derek Bentley | Executed in 1953 |
| Stephen Lawrence | Teenager who was victim of racist murder in 1993 |
| London Bombings | 2005 |
| Punishment being tied up in a sack with live snakes for killing your father | Roman times |
| Synod of Whitby | 663AD - Anglo-Saxons |
| Forest Laws | Normans |
| Constitutions of Clarendon | 1164 - Middle Ages |
| Witchcraft becomes a crime | 16th and 17th Centuries |
| English Civil War (height of witchcraft accusations) | 1642-1646 (17th Century) |
| Oliver Cromwell leader of England | 1653-1658 (17th Century) |
| Hawkhurst Gang | 18th Century smugglers |
| Tolpuddle Martyrs | 1833 (19th Century) |
| End of public executions | 1869 (19th Century) |
| King's Peace | Anglo-Saxons |
| Stealing from the baths | Roman times |
| Begging became a crime (Terror of the Tramp) | 16th Century |
| King Alfred the Great made Codes of Law | 9th Century - his reign began in 883 |
| The Battle of Hastings | 1066 |
| Rebellion of Hereward the Wake | Medieval times |
| Elizabeth Fry | 19th Century prison reformer |
| Robert Peel | 19th Century politician |
| Formation of the police | 1829 |
| World War 1 (Conscientious Objectors) | 1914-1918 (Conscription brought in during 1916) |
| World War 2 | 1939-1945 |
| Benefit of the Clergy | Medieval times (Middle Ages) |
| Jack the Ripper | 1888 (19th Century) |
| Penny dreadfuls were newspapers that reported lurid details of crimes | 19th Century |
| Henry II | King of England 1154 to 1189. Improved justice and law in the country |
| MP Jack Ashley campaigned against domestic violence | 1970s |
| Erin Pizzey set up Chiswick Women's Aid | 1971 |
| National Women's Aid Federation established | 1974 |
| Gunpowder Plot | 1605 (Early Modern Period) |
| Henry VIII becomes King of England | 1509 - his reign lasted until 1547 |
| Peterloo Massacre | 1819 |
| Jonathan Wild | 18th Century law enforcer. Known as the thief-taker general. Executed in 1725 |
| End of transportation | 1868 |
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