The Influence Of The Curch In Medival Justice

Question 1

What is the church courts

Answer 1

• claimed rights to try any church man accused of a crime in its own courts
• church courts can never sentence people to death no matter what the crime is
• they dealt with a range of moral offences

Question 2

What is the neckverse🦕

Answer 2

-the church accidently created a loop hole which saved many non-priests lives. The reason why it worked is because only priests could read so they were the only people that could read a verse from the bible. However it was the only verse they used so criminals learnt it off by heart.

Question 3

What is sanctuary

Answer 3

• you can gain sanctuary in a church if u commited a crime
• the church protects you, even the sherrif cant get u
• 40 days later you either face trail or leave the country
• you wear white when exiling
• you wear black when facing trial

Question 4

10 commandments became…

Answer 4

The law

Question 5

What was benefit of clergy

Answer 5

Its when priests read bible verses

Most of the time they are never found guilty

Question 6

What is trial by ordeal

Answer 6

• god decided if u were guilty or innocent.
• only used when jury couldnt make a decision
• some innocent people were found guilty and some guilty people were found innocent

Question 7

What is clergy

Answer 7

People who work for the church

Monk, priests, ect

Question 8

What is purgatory

Answer 8

The place in between heaven and hell where catholics belived the soul went after death, where sins commited during life were made up for before the soul could go to heaven

Question 9

Whats heresy

Answer 9

Holding beliefs different to the established religion of the times

Question 10

Who was higher, king or church?

Answer 10

Church