Crime and punishment Middle ages Flashcards
What is Wergild
“man price”
What is capital punishment
The death penalty for a crime
What is corporal punishments
Punishment that physically hurts the body
When and why did trail by ordeal end?
1215, because the pope said
What was trail by ordeal?
when the accused was made to do a painful or dangerous test
Define sanctuary
A safe place
What type of crimes were the church courts set up to deal with?
Moral crimes
What was Henry II concerned abut in the late 12th century
The power of the church
How did local communities affect law enforcement?
They had tithings, hue and cry and the shire reeve
What is heresy?
Crime to disagree with the church religion
What made it a crime to ask for more wages?
Statue of labourers
What is one trail William I introduced?
Trial by combat
