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Crime and Punishment: Medieval Crimes and Criminals
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- 1What are serious crimes called?Felonies
- 2What are less serious crimes also called?Petty crimes
- 3Name three types of serious crime.Arson, Rape, Counterfeiting, Treason, Homicide, Larceny, Robbery, Burglary.
- 4King Edward passed a law in 1275 that said a person could be hanged for stealing if the value of the goods was worth more than?12d
- 5Medieval homicide verdicts could fall into 5 categories. What are they?"Justifiable homicide
Homicide in self defence
Accidental Homicide
Suicide
Murder" - 6All sudden deaths in medieval England had to be reported to who?The Coroner
- 7Records suggest that over half of medieval homicides stemmed from what?Arguments
- 8During what time of the year did arguments and thefts increase in medieval England?Harvest time
- 9What was considered both a serious crime and sin by the Church?Suicide
- 10Name two types of new crime that appeared from 1350-1400."Scolding
Vagrancy" - 11Which criminals ambushed travellers and robbed houses in the 15th century?Outlaw gangs
- 12The church took action against gambling for money and homosexuality, what did they refer to these crimes as?Moral Crimes
- 13The church also dealt with heresy. What is heresy?The spreading of false Christian beliefs
- 14What is Treason?crimes against authority.
- 15At the end of the 1400s which two groups were accused of committing crimes that abused authority?Lords and retainers
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- Questions created from the text of the recommended OCR Crime and Punishment text book
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- Michael Sessions
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