🏛️🧑🏻⚖️Early Modern Crime and Punishment🧑🏻⚖️🏛️ Flashcards
what is treason
any action against the monarch
what happened to treason in the early modern period
it increased
give one example of treason in the early modern period
the gunpowder plot
when was the gunpowder plot
1605
who were the gunpowder plotters trying to kill
James I
why did treason increase in the early modern period
because there was increased religious division due to the church of england
when did Henry VIII become head of the CoE?
1534
what is heresy?
heresy is when people go against the religion of the monarch.
what religion was Mary I
catholic
what did Mary I do to punish protestants
she burned 300 alive
why did heresy increase in the early modern period
religion changed frequently. this led to increased religious division
what are vagabonds / is vagrancy?
vagabonds are poor people that begged on the streets
list three reasons why were vagabonds considered dangerous in the early modern period
people were printing books about them
they were increasing in number
religion
give one example of a book about the dangers of vagabonds in the early modern period
thomas harman’s book
when was thomas harman’s book on vagabonds published
1567
give two reasons why vagabonds increase in number during the early modern period
there were bad harvests in the 1570s and 1590s
londons population grew 10x in 150 years
what did religion say about vagabonds in the early modern period
the bible said lazy people were evil
“the devil makes work for idle hands”
what happened to heresy in the early modern period
it increased
what happened to vagrancy in the early modern period
it increased
what happened to witchcraft in the early modern period
it increased
give 3 reasons why witchcraft increased in the early modern period
made illegal
religious change
demonologie
when was witchcraft made illegal?
who by?
1542
Henry VIII
what was demonologie
a book written by James I
how was witchcraft affected by religious change in the early modern period
people were more afraid of evil
did the hue and cry and tithings exist in the early modern period
only in small vilages
when were townwatchmen introduced?
the early modern period
where were town watch men introduced?
early modern period
what did town watch men do?
patrol the streets and deal with vagabonds
where parish constables still used in the early modern peiod?
yes
why were the hue and cry and tithings innefective in large towns?
there were too many people
when were seargants introduced
early modern period
what did sergeants do
enforce the laws in markets
where church courts still used in the early modern period
yes
was trial by ordeal still used in the early modern period
only trial by cold water for witch trials
when was the habeas corpus act passed
1679
what did the habeas corpus act do
made it illegal to hold someone in prison without charge
was trial by jury still used in the early modern period
yes
was sanctuary still used in the early modern period
no
when was sanctuary abolished
1623
list 6 early modern period punishments
stocks
fines
corporal
capital
houses of correction
transportation
what were stocks used for in the early modern period
minor crimes like swearing
what was the most common form of punishment in the early modern period
fines
what were fines used for in early modern period
minor crimes like swearing
what was the punishment for vagrancy in the early modern period
being whipped through the streets
what was corporal punishment used for in the early modern period
punishing vagrancy
what was capital punishment used for in the early modern period
treason, heresy and witchcraft
what happened to the gunpowder plotters
they were hung drawn and quartered in 1605
what was the punishment for heresy and witchcraft in the early modern period
being burnt alive
what is another name for houses of correciton
bridewells
what happened in houses of correction
inmantes were made to do hard labour
when were houses of corection used
the early modern period
when did transportation begin
1660s
where were criminals originally taken to forr transportation
america
what were the conditions like during transportation
close to slavery
what was the death penalty used for in the 1600s
only the most serious crimes
when did the bloody code begin
1688
in the year 1688, how many crimes were punishable death
50
in the year 1815, how many crimes were punishable by death
225
what was happening to crime rates when the bloody code began
they were decreasing
why was the bloody code introduced in the early modern period
fear
population increase
what was happening to fear of crime when the bloody code was introduced in the early modern period
the fear of crime was increasing
why was the fear of crime increasing in the early modern period
because of books like Thomas Harmans’ and James I’s
how much did population increase in the early modern period
the population of london grew 10x in 150 years
why did population rises make it easier for criminals to escape
the streets were buisier
