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Crime and Punishment: - Medieval crimes and Criminals
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- 11. What were the two main categories of crime in the middle agesSerious Crimes
Petty Crimes - 22. Which king passed a law in 1275 that said anyone stealing more than 12d worth of goods could be hanged?Edward I
- 33. Roughly how many weeks wages for a labourer was 12d in the middle ages?Three
- 44. What was defined as, stealing goods worth less than 12d, getting into debt or doing limited harm to a person or property?Petty Crimes
- 55. What was the most common crime in the middle ages?Theft
- 66. What word do we use for the illegal copying of money?Counterfeiting
- 77. What type of crime are felonies?Serious Crimes
- 88. What word do we use when someone deliberately damages property with fire?Arson
- 99. All sudden deaths had to be reported to who in medieval England?Coroner
- 1010. What did every homicide end up in?A Trial
- 1111. What did over a half of medieval homicides stem from?Arguments
- 1212. Thefts were worse at what time of the year?Harvest time
- 1313. What word do we use when someone takes their own life?Suicide
- 1414. What two crimes were you committing by taking your own life in medieval England?Sin
Serious Crime - 1515. Name two new crime from the 14th centuryScolding
Vagrancy - 1616. Which year did parliament pass a law requiring all able-bodied men to swear an oath they would stay and work in their own village?1351
- 1717. Who were the most feared and despised of medieval criminals?Outlaw gangs
- 1818. What reason did the church give for passing laws against dice, football and other games?They were sinful as they encouraged idleness
- 1919. According to the text book what are two moral crimes from the medieval period?Shaving your beard on a Sunday
Homosexuality - 2020. What word means, spreading false Christian beliefs?Heresy
- 2121. What is the medieval definition of treason?Crimes against authority
- 2222. An act of parliament in which year clearly defined treason?1351
- 2324. The last years of the 15th century saw a dreadful crime wave committed by who?Lords and Retainers
- 2425. Which event that started in 1348 made the problem of vagrancy worse?Black Death
- 2526. What can be defined as, the use of offensive and abusive speech in public?Scolding
- 2627. Why is difficult to know exactly how much crime was committed in medieval England?We do not know how many people lived in at that time.
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- GCSE Crime and Punishment (Flashcards) Flashcards on Crime and Punishment: - Medieval crimes and Criminals, created by Michael Sessions on 16/12/2018.
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