Crime And Punishment - Anglo Saxons And Normans Flashcards
Crime
Give 3 categories for crime in Anglo Saxon England
Crimes against the person
Crimes against property
Crimes against authority
Crime
Give 3 examples of crimes against the person (in Anglo Saxon England)
Assault
Murder
Slander (lying in public to damage someone)
Crime
Give 3 examples of crimes against property
Arson
Petty theft
Poaching
Crime
Give 3 examples of crimes against authority
Treason
Not paying church tithe / breaking church rules during religious festival
Rebellion
Disrupting the king’s peace (cause fights by arguing)
Crime
Give 2 examples of moral crimes and state what a moral crime is
Adultery and having a relationship with a nun
Not illegal but bad by societal standards
Crime
What is a social crime and give 2 examples
A crimes which is illegal but socially accepted
Find two examples
Society
What was the social structure of Anglo Saxon England - give the 4 groups in it
King
Nobles
Freemen
Serfs
Society
How many kingdoms existed in Anglo Saxon England?
5 - ludenwic was London
Society
What was the religion of Anglo Saxon society
Catholicism
Society
True or false: society was mainly rural
True
Society
Was Anglo Saxon population big or small?
Small
Society
Between which centuries do Anglo Saxon kings gain authority
800s and 900s
Society
What term describes the idea that the king has a duty to keep care of law and order
King’s peace
Society
Which ‘great’ king unified/centralised the laws of England
Alfred the Great
When did Alfred the Great introduce the Wergild?
871 - 899
Punishment
What were the 3 main purposes of Anglo Saxon punishment - what are the 7 purposes of punishment?
Deterrent + retribution + revenge
7 aims:
rehabilitation
Reconciliation
Reform
Removal
Punishment
What is corporal punishment?
Maiming
Punishment
What is capital punishment?
Death
Punishment
What was the blood feud?
Victim takes revenge for a crime by inflicting equal suffering on an attacker
Punishment
What replaced the blood feud?
Wergild
Punishment
What was the wergild?
A fine paid as compensation for the loss of life used to stop blood feud
Punishment
What would murder, assault and public disorder be punished with
Wergild
Maiming
Stocks or pillory.
Respectively
Punishment
True or false: petty theft would be punished with the stocks or pillory?
True
Punishment
True or false: arson is punished with capital punishment
True - hanging
Punishment
True or false: all 3 main crimes against the authority were punished with capital punishment
True
Punishment
Summarise Anglo Saxon punishment:
Lesser crimes were punished with _____punishment
Serious crimes were deemed so if they damaged the property of the _____ classes
Corporal
Ruling
