Early Modern

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Cards (5)

  • Crimes:
    • Vagrancy (Increased)
    • Moral crimes
    • Smuggling
    • Highway robbery
    • Witchcraft
  • Society:
    • Population greatly increased
    - 1520= 2.4 Million to 1600 = 4.1 million
  • Enforcement:
    • Hue and Cry
    • JP's increased in power
    • Petty sessions took over manor courts
  • Punishments:
    • Shaming punishments e.g. Scolds bridal
    • Prisons
    • Vagrant bridewells
    • Capital punishment
    • Bloody codes
  • The bloody codes = 1688-1820