History the normans

Question 1

What were examples of laws in the Norman times?

Answer 1

Forest Laws

Question 2

What were examples of punishments?

Answer 2

Blinding, castration, outlaw, death penalties, fines,mudrum fine, cutting off a body part, mutilating

Question 3

What were examples of crimes?

Answer 3

Leaving home (can’t leave your village), poaching in the kings forest, rebellion, murder, stealing,slander and murder

Question 4

What were examples of law enforcements?

Answer 4

Feudal system, castles, hue and cry, tithings

Question 5

What were examples of trials?

Answer 5

Trial by combat, trial by ordeal and jury were continued.

Question 6

What were forest laws?

Answer 6

Land that was previously common was then completely controlled by the king. It was illegal for peasants to hunt there. This increased the power of the king because punishments were severe so it deterred others from poching.

Question 7

What were outlaws?

Answer 7

If you were accused of a crime and ran away you lost the protection of the law, you were called an outlaw. Anybody was now able to kill you without consequences- an example was folville gang which was made up of 50 outlaws.They carried out serious crimes such as kidnapping, attacks, robbery and raping. This help the king gain power because outlaws were hunted by everyone in society and often rewards were used

Question 8

What were harsh treatments of rebellions?

Answer 8

Extreme punishments for rebels eg farmland destroyed and animals. 100,000 people died of starvaation. This increased the power of the king because people were less likely to rebel in the future and controlled people in the north. Weaker people.

Question 9

What were castles?

Answer 9

Castles were placed in every part of the kingdom and built by saxon peasants to keep a watch on communities. This helped the king gain power because Norman lords were placed in castles to watch over and intimidate the people around.

Question 10

What was the feudal system?

Answer 10

A system of organisation on Norman society where everybody owed money or service to the class above them. This helped the king gain power because only the king was free to do as he wanted. Norman nobles replaced anglo-saxon nobles and surfs/ peasants were not allowed to leave their villages.

Question 11

What was the mudrum fine?

Answer 11

The mudrum fine was a new law where if a norman was murdered in england and the murderer was not caught then everybody in the 100 where the body was found had to pay a large sum of money. It helped the king gain control because stopped an increase of revenge murders aganst the Normans. It also increased the sense of community responsibility.

Question 12

Similarities and differences between Anglo saxon and norman punishments

Answer 12

Similarities - fines, death penalty, physical punishment

Differences- wergild stopped, outlaw, blinding and castration, mudrum fine and death penality for poaching

Question 13

Similarities and differences between anglo saxon and norman law enforcements?

Answer 13

Similarities- hue and cry, tithings, feudal system, kings mund.
Differences- castles, increasing centralisation, feudal system using nobles

Question 14

Similarities and differences between anglo saxon and norman laws

Answer 14

Similarities - continued to use the old anglo saxon saxon laws
Differences- forest laws

Question 15

Similarities and differences between anglo saxon and norman crimes

Answer 15

Similarities- murder, rebellion, stealing, slander
Differences- you can’t leave your village and there were more crimes that had punishments suchas mutilation and death like poaching.

Question 16

Similarities and differences between anglo saxon and norman trials

Answer 16

Similarities- trial by ordeal and trial by jury

Differences- trial by combat

Question 17

Why did the King have to increase the amount of harsh punishments and law enforcements?

Answer 17

He had to look harsher and stronger because of his lack of popularity. His lack of popularity was because he was french and the citizens didnt like that.

Question 18

What was trial by combat?

Answer 18

Trial by combat was a fight between the accused and their accuser, which was introduced by the Normans in 1066. They would fight using swords or sometimes large sticks. Whoever won the battle and killed his opponent then they won because God was on his side

Question 19

What was slander?

Answer 19

is the legal term for the act of harming a person’s reputation by telling one or more other people something that is untrue and damaging about that person