Early Modern England Flashcards
What was the reason behind the increase in street criminals and petty theft?
Towns ans city population increased due to the increase in population and unemployment
What crime did enclosure of land as a form of new farming methods lead to?
Poaching as landowners restricted who they let on their land
What changes in society led to the increase in heresy and treason?
Changes in religious beliefs ans the religion of the monarch
What is a vagabond / vagrant?
An unemployed homeless person
Why was there a large inscrease in the number of vagabonda / vagrants?
Population increase
What was smuggling?
People bringing goods into the country secretly do avoid paying import tax?
What type of crime was smuggling?
A social crime because most of society did it and so it wasn’t seen as a threat
How did witchcraft being a crime increase?
Laws were passed against it
What book led to people hunting witches?
Daemonologie (demonology)
Who wrote the Daemonologie book?
James I
Who was the most famous witch hunter? who
Matthew Hopkins
Name 3 ways in which people recognised witches.
When pricked with a needle accused doesn’t bleed
When thrown in water the accused floats
Unusual marks on the body
What were some continuity punishments ?
Fines
Corporal punishment
Hanging
Burning
What were 2 new punishments?
The bloody code
Transportation
What was the bloody code?
Capital punishment
What was the aim of the Bloody Code?
To frighten people to decrease crime rates
What was transportation?
Being sentenced to labour abroad
Where were criminals sent to during their Transportation punishment?
North America
Australia
How many years did you get sentences to Transportation?
7-14 years
What were some continuity in law enforcement?
Hue & Cry
No national police force
What were some changes in Law Enforcement?
Watchmen
Town constables
What was the job of watchmen?
All men were expected to volunteer and do a watch at night for crime
What were town constables?
Men who could arrest suspects and take them to Justice of the Peace
Who were town constables employed by?
Authorities in town
Who were watchmen overseen by?
Town constables
When did the gunpowder plot happen? it
5th November 1605
What was the aim of the gunpowder plot?
Plotted to kill James I and other leading protestants
