1. What were the two main categories of crime in the middle ages

2. Which king passed a law in 1275 that said anyone stealing more than 12d worth of goods could be hanged?

3. Roughly how many weeks wages for a labourer was 12d in the middle ages?

4. What was defined as, stealing goods worth less than 12d, getting into debt or doing limited harm to a person or property?

5. What was the most common crime in the middle ages?

6. What word do we use for the illegal copying of money?

7. What type of crime are felonies?

8. What word do we use when someone deliberately damages property with fire?

9. All sudden deaths had to be reported to who in medieval England?

10. What did every homicide end up in?

11. What did over a half of medieval homicides stem from?

12. Thefts were worse at what time of the year?

13. What word do we use when someone takes their own life?

14. What two crimes were you committing by taking your own life in medieval England?

15. Name two new crime from the 14th century

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?

17. Who were the most feared and despised of medieval criminals?

18. What reason did the church give for passing laws against dice, football and other games?

19. According to the text book what are two moral crimes from the medieval period?

20. What word means, spreading false Christian beliefs?

21. What is the medieval definition of treason?

22. An act of parliament in which year clearly defined treason?

24. The last years of the 15th century saw a dreadful crime wave committed by who?

25. Which event that started in 1348 made the problem of vagrancy worse?

26. What can be defined as, the use of offensive and abusive speech in public?

27. Why is difficult to know exactly how much crime was committed in medieval England?