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Early Modern Period-Crime And Punishment
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- 1What was the main cause of Vagrancy?Losing a job causing many people to become poor, so they walked between villages looking for work.
- 2Who was the main person who warned the public of vagabonds, even naming types?Thomas Harman, wrote a book on vagabonds.
- 3Who implemented multiple punishable offences that were known as 'Moral crimes'?The Puritans
- 4What crime had new harsh laws implemented in the Early Modern Period?Witchcraft, hundreds were executed for a crime that no longer exits.
- 5What increased trials of witchcraft and what decreased trials of witchcraft?Famine, plagues and The civil war, but after 1700's when more scientific ideas were develop trials decreased.
- 6What was one of the major reason people believed in witches between 1500 and 1650.The belief in the devil giving witches evil powers via spirits of animals known as 'familiars'
- 7Robert RobinsonRobert Robinson was robbed by a gang armed with swords and there faces covered in masks they stole £43 and other various objects this began in the medieval but two new organised crimes caused particular concern.
- 8What were the two new organised crimes in the Early Modern Period?Smuggling and highway robbery.
- 9SmugglingGangs of 40 to 50 smuggled illegal items from other countries. These notorious gangs operated at night and used weapons for defense as they were hunted by the King's hammer who were guards for the king. After completing an operation they hung in bars with prostitutes.
- 10Highway RobberyThese notorious robbers worked alone at night wearing red and a mask they were very glamorous but were known as criminals because of there robbing of carriages. If these criminals were caught they were sentenced to death by hanging.
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- GCSE History Fichas sobre Early Modern Period-Crime And Punishment, creado por Tyler Vine el 20/04/2017.
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