Medival Punishments

Question 1

What are two corporal punishments during medieval England

Answer 1

Maiming and whipping

Question 2

Name two capital punishments during medieval England

Answer 2

Beheading and hanging

Question 3

Name the one humiliation punishment

Answer 3

Stocks

Question 4

Name the only munitry punishment

Answer 4

Fines

Question 5

Anglo Saxon punishments

Answer 5

Presumably only fines for petty crimes but execution for more serious ones

Question 6

Norman punishments

Answer 6

Use capital and corporal punishment drastically increased during the rule of the Norman’s

Question 7

Later Medieval punishments

Answer 7

Use of capital crime gradually decreased although crimes against authority was still harshly punished, corporal punishment was still widely used but juries would try to avoid it

Question 8

Social status and punishment

Answer 8

Varied depending on class and gender commoners were treated differently from nobles and women were treated differently from men and priests were treated differently from ordinary people

Question 9

What is Capital punishment

Answer 9

Killing criminals

Question 10

What is corporal punishment

Answer 10

Physically hurting a criminal

Question 11

What is retribution

Answer 11

Making criminals suffer for the crime they committed

Question 12

What is a Deterrence

Answer 12

Stopping others from committing crimes