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Middle Ages CP Flashcards

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middle ages crimes against the person

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murdrum
assault
murder
public disorder
rape
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middle ages crimes against property

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arson
theft
poaching
counterfeiting coins

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middle ages crimes against authority

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treason

rebellion

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define poaching

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hunting wild animals on other’s land without paying hunting rights
social crime -> people turned a blind eye as they needed food to survive
it was previously common land

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explain forest laws

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30% of england became royal forests 
only to be used by nobility
communities evicted from this land
cant cut down trees
had to pay hunting rights to use them -> seen as unfair
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explain murdrum

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if an anglo-saxon/non norman killed a norman and the criminal wasn’t found, the people in the hundred/area where the crime was committed had to pay a fine
murdering a norman became a serious crime

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define a hundred

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an area (of land)

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why was the crime-rate low?

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small communities

everyone knew eachother

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how many tithings per hundred?

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10

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what’s a shire reeve?

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local man
met regularly with 1 man per tithing
took criminals to court
made sure punishments were carried out
BECAME THE SHERIFF LATER ON
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describe royal courts

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national
dealt with serious crimes
inconsistent -> verdict depended greatly on who was on the jury and if they knew the accused, resulting in biased judgements
CHANGE -> REPLACED SHIRE COURTS

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shire courts

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dealt with lesser crimes

CONTINUITY

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hundred courts

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dealt with petty crimes

CONTINUITY

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church courts

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less serious crimes

for churchmen or people who said the neck verse

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define sanctuary

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stay at the church for up to 40 days

decide whether to face trial or go into exile

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define pennance

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making up for your crime

e.g. going to church more

17
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what are moral offences?

A

crimes against God

18
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define benefit of the clergy

A

the right to be trialed in a church court
for moral crimes
people who couldn’t read/write memorised neck verse
they were less harsh -> showed unequal treatment

19
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what’s the neck verse?

A

bible passage you recite to show you’re part of the church

20
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law enforcement continuity

A

hue and cry
tithings
most of the court system (royal courts = new)

21
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law enforcement change

A 
trial by combat -> guilty  one dies
foresters -> enforced forest laws
parish constable
sheriff (ROLE CHANGE)
coroner
sanctuary 
justices of the peace
22
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what happened as towns grew

A

authorities were more involved

before it was mainly up to locals

23
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what’s a parish constable?

A

local person
volunteer
led hue and cry

24
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what’s a coroner’s job?

A

investigates unnatural deaths

25
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what’s a sheriff?

A

ensured criminals were punished?

NEW ROLE : to track down criminals

26
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changes in justice

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royal courts -> scribes, wrote everything down
oath/neck verse
trial by ordeal -> abolished 1215

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changes in punishments

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you can get a pardon from the king
you can join the army for punishment
fines now paid to the king

28
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what’s a justice of the peace?

A

1361
volunteering judges
in small courts

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what’s a justice of the assize/eyre?

A

royal judge appointed by king
visited counties twice a year to judge serious cases
created courts -> royal courts
established prisons for those waiting to be trialed
ensured punishments were consistent

30
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what’s the assize of clarendon?

A

1166

created clear rules on how to deal with criminals

31
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when was the justices of the peace act passed?

A

1361

32
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examples of punishments

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mutilation/maiming, flogging -> corporal
fines
stocks/pillory
hanging, beheading -> capital

33
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why did capital punishment increase?

A

tension between normans and saxons
replaced wergild -> to act as a deterrent
more crimes became capital
its use later decreased

34
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when were coroners introduced?

A

1190

35
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why was the neck verse an issue?

A

guilty criminals memorised it to get away with crimes

36
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what happened to women who nagged their husbands?

A

dunked into water with dunking stool

37
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state diff. trial by ordeals

A 
hot water
hot iron
water (sink/float)
bread
combat
ABOLISHED 1215

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