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Flashcards by Michael Sessions, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Michael Sessions
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| Question | Answer |
| 1. What were the two main categories of crime in the middle ages | Serious Crimes Petty Crimes |
| 2. Which king passed a law in 1275 that said anyone stealing more than 12d worth of goods could be hanged? | Edward I |
| 3. Roughly how many weeks wages for a labourer was 12d in the middle ages? | Three |
| 4. What was defined as, stealing goods worth less than 12d, getting into debt or doing limited harm to a person or property? | Petty Crimes |
| 5. What was the most common crime in the middle ages? | Theft |
| 6. What word do we use for the illegal copying of money? | Counterfeiting |
| 7. What type of crime are felonies? | Serious Crimes |
| 8. What word do we use when someone deliberately damages property with fire? | Arson |
| 9. All sudden deaths had to be reported to who in medieval England? | Coroner |
| 10. What did every homicide end up in? | A Trial |
| 11. What did over a half of medieval homicides stem from? | Arguments |
| 12. Thefts were worse at what time of the year? | Harvest time |
| 13. What word do we use when someone takes their own life? | Suicide |
| 14. What two crimes were you committing by taking your own life in medieval England? | Sin Serious Crime |
| 15. Name two new crime from the 14th century | Scolding Vagrancy |
| 16. 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 |
| 17. Who were the most feared and despised of medieval criminals? | Outlaw gangs |
| 18. What reason did the church give for passing laws against dice, football and other games? | They were sinful as they encouraged idleness |
| 19. According to the text book what are two moral crimes from the medieval period? | Shaving your beard on a Sunday Homosexuality |
| 20. What word means, spreading false Christian beliefs? | Heresy |
| 21. What is the medieval definition of treason? | Crimes against authority |
| 22. An act of parliament in which year clearly defined treason? | 1351 |
| 24. The last years of the 15th century saw a dreadful crime wave committed by who? | Lords and Retainers |
| 25. Which event that started in 1348 made the problem of vagrancy worse? | Black Death |
| 26. What can be defined as, the use of offensive and abusive speech in public? | Scolding |
| 27. 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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