Medieval Period - 1000c - 1500c Flashcards
King’s peace
The king’s duty to take care of law and order
Treason
crimes against authority
Reeve
A local official appointed from the community
King’s shire reeve (sheriff)
A man locally appointed to bring criminals to justice
Abbeys
communities of monks/nuns
Moral crimes
actions that don’t match society’s views on behaviour
Collective responsibility
being responsible for the actions of everyone in your community
Crimes against property
involve taking or damaging something that belongs to another person
Crimes against the person
cause physical harm to another person
Oath
a formal declaration of facts calling on god to witness
Peasant
a poor person living in the countryside who owns no land
Poaching
illegal hunting on land that does not belong to you
Brand
making a mark on a criminal by burning their flesh with a hot iron
Hue and cry
a loud cry calling for the pursuit and capture of a criminal
Banished
ordered (forced) to leave the country
Consecrated
blessed, holy
Clergy
people who work for the church, religious leader
Reformation
A movement in the 16th century led to a break with the Catholic Church and the beginning of the Protestant church.
Heresy
disagreeing with the teachings of the church (or official religion).
Treason
crimes against authority (high treason is against the monarch or government).
Excommunication
Expel from the Catholic Church.
Recant
Make a public statement that you have changed your religious beliefs.
Retribution
seeking retaliation, vengeance, or revenge for a crime committed
Deterrent
to put people off committing a crime
Colonies
new settlements in foreign lands (often taken by force)
Rehabilitate
help someone return to normal life and society
Pardon
let off a punishment for a crime they have been convicted
Capital crime
a crime with the death penalty as punishment
Plot
a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful
Recusant
a person who refuses to submit to an authority or to comply with a rule
Popish
Roman Catholic
Conspirator
someone who is involved in a conspiracy (a secret plan to do something illegal)
Pact
A formal agreement
Superstition
Belief based on old ideas about magic rather than reason or science.
Enlightenment
The philosophical movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that focused on the use of reason to question and analyse ideas that were previously taken for granted.
