Anglo-Saxon

• tithing


  group of ten men responsible if someone broke the law
• hue and cry

  if alarm was raised the entire village hunted for the criminal
• trial by local jury


  jury of local men who knew the accuser or accused
• trial by ordeal


  if local jury could not agree, the trial by ordeal was used in hope that god would decide
• trial by cold water

  accused lowered into cold water by rope, if drowned they were innocent if floated they were guilty
• trial by hot water


  boiling water onto accused hands and had to pick up on object
• trial by hot iron

  taken by women. pick up hot weight and walk three spaces
• trial by blessed bread

  taken by priests, if they choke on bread they were guilty, if not they were innocent
• attitudes in anglo Saxon society

  lived in small communities and knew neighbours well. people though that it was their duty to look out for one another
• anglo Saxon church


  highly religious and believed god could judge crimes
• anglo Saxon wergild


  compensation paid to the victims family. the fines were set by the kings laws
• anglo Saxon execution


  the death penalty was used for treason or betraying your lord
• mutilation in anglo saxon

  re offenders could lose a hand, an ear or their nose or even blinded
• capital punishment

  death penalty
• corporal punishment

  a physically painful punishment
• what are the 3 main types of crime

  • person
  • property
  • authority
• what was the primary punishment for treason

  death
• what was the primary rationale behind punishments in this period

  to deter
• what was the name for alerting locals to a crime being committed

  hue and cry
• which court was used for most cases in law breaking

  shire court
• what was the name for the anglo-saxon fine to compensate for injury or loss

  wergild
• what is the name given to being placed in a group of ten , in which all members were held accountable for ensuring laws were followed

  tithings