KT2 early modern 1500-1700 Flashcards
1
Q
2 law enforcements
A
benefit of the clergy
town watchmen/sergeants
1
Q
5 crimes
A
witchcraft
vagabondage
heresy
treason
gunpowder plot
2
Q
continued punishments
A
fine, corporal, capital, no prison
3
Q
3 new punishments
A
transportation to north america
bloody code
house of correction
4
Q
what is treason
A
religious threat to state/ other opponents
5
Q
How many ‘witches’excecuted and between whcih years
A
1000, 1542-1736
6
Q
when did witchcraft decline
A
1660s
7
Q
2 reasons for vagabondage
A
social-rich/poor divide
religous-belief in laziness
8
Q
how many barrels of gunpowder was there
A
36
9
Q
who discovered the gunpowder plot
A
robert cecil
10
Q
why were theif takers introduced
A
watchmen not that effective
11
Q
what was habeas corpus
A
not allowed to lock up unless crime charged
