Lesson 5 C1500-1700

Question 1

What changed between C1500 - 1700?

Answer 1

• There were huge social and religious changes leading to changes in nature of crimes against person , property and authority

Question 2

State a change in society which lead to increase in crime against person and how

Answer 2

Increase of population and decline of feudalism which meant higher unemployment which also meant that more people moved to urban areas in search of work so towns and cities grew

• increase in crime against person because increase of street criminals and petty thieves

Question 3

What became more common during this time?

Answer 3

• Heresy and treason
• capital punishments

Question 4

Why did Treason charges become more common?

Answer 4

Because the country would change religions from Catholicism to protestants depending on the monarch

Question 5

When did Heresy become a crime and how was it punished?

Answer 5

• in 1383 and punishable by being burnt at the stake

Question 6

Treason and Heresy timeline

Answer 6

• Henry VIII executed protestants for heresy throughout his reign and Catholics if they did not swear an oath of supremacy and accept Henry as Head of church of England
  -Edward also executed leaders of rebellion for treason
• Mary I , Elizabeth and James I executed many aswell