Lesson 8 - Crime and Punishment Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 3 points on witchcraft?
A
- People believed that witches were the devil’s followers
- Blamed witches for natural disasters
- Easy to find “evidence” to convict
someone of being a witch
2
Q
What is treason?
A
The crime of murdering someone from a higher level in the social scale or
doing something that is a serious act of disloyalty to the king or queen
3
Q
What is the Cannon Law?
A
Catholic Church used its own courts and its own law to control people’s behaviour
4
Q
What is heresy?
A
Most serious crime when you contradict the Church’s teachings
5
Q
What are tithings?
A
groups of 10 males over the age of 12 that enforced the law
6
Q
What 3 things did they do to stop people from committing crimes?
A
- Villagers caught criminals themselves
- Criminals were put in cages or dead bodies displayed in town to discourage crime
- Some towns had curfews to try to limit crime
7
Q
What are the 5 types of punishment?
A
- Embarrassment
- Torture
- Imprisonment
- Burning
- Execution
