Changing attitudes to crimes and laws

• What crimes were more cared for by people in the Saxon period 400 - 1066?

  Crime against people and property

  E.g assault and theft
• Collective responsibility

  Everyone is responsible for each other
• What type of crime did the church care about in the Saxon period 400 - 1066?

  Moral crimes

  E.g drunkenness, sex outside of marriage
• What type of crimes did the kings care about in the Saxon period 400 - 1066?

  Crime against authority

  E.g attack on kings and nobles
• What were the Forest laws introduced in Normans and later Middle Ages 1066 - 1500?

  Forest laws meant that people were forbidden to hunt on kings land without permission.

  seen as a social crime
• What were the Murdrum fine in the later Middle Ages and Norman’s 1066 - 1500?

  harsh fines if a Norman soldier is murdered in a village
• What laws was there for heresy in later Middle Ages no Norman’s 1066-1500?

  Harsh laws- burnt at stake