Causes of Crime (C&P)

Question 1

What were causes of crime within the Saxon and Medieval Era? (with examples)

Answer 1

Poverty
Warfare (1066 Norman Conquest, 1455-85 War of Roses)
Easy access to weaponry
Famine (Great Famine of 1315-17)
Disease (Black death of 1340s)
High taxation- Poll Tax in the late 1370s (led to 1381 Peasants’ Revolt)