Anglo- Saxon And Norman Punishment And Law Flashcards
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Anglo- Saxon
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400-1066 AD
2
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Norman’s
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1066-1200 AD
3
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Trial by ordeal
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A trial where God would decide is they were guilty or innocent
4
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Compensation
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A fine or payment of money for a crime committed
5
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Botgeld
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A system in Anglo-Saxon England based on the payment of money as compensation for injury to another person. Each part of the body had a different monetary fine.
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Wergild
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A system in Anglo-Saxon England based on the payment of money as compensation To the family of the victim. Wergild was paid if someone was killed or murdered.
7
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Community
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Community was a big way of preventing crime is these time periods with tithings and hue and cry
