HISTORY C+P

• EARLY MEDIEVAL- ploughing someones land ( seen as a theft of private property)
• EARLY MEDIEVAL- drunkenness (misbehaviour under the influence of alcohol)
• EARLY MEDIEVAL- treason (crime against the king)
• EARLY MEDIEVAL- adultery (cheating on your partner)
• EARLY MEDIEVAL- assault (harming another member often in a sexual way)
• EARLY MEDIEVAL- murder (killing someone)
• EARLY MEDIEVAL- theft (stealing)
• the crimes in the EARLY MEDIEVAL time was against the person, property or authority
• NORMAN (1066)- breaking the forest laws (cant hunt, cant cut trees, cant carry weapons
• NORMAN (1066)- killing a norman, moral crimes and poaching (killing of an animal)
• in the NORMAN (1066) era the other crimes from the early medieval era still continued
• LATER MEDIEVAL- all the crimes from early medieval and norman continued
• MEDIEVAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (1000-1500)- early medieval, tithings (age 12+ , 10 men, responsible for each other
• MEDIEVAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (1000-1500)- early medieval (hue and cry, as a village chasing the criminal)
• MEDIEVAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (1000-1500)- early medieval ( trial by ordeal (hot water for men, cold water for men and hot iron for women or witches)
• MEDIEVAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (1000-1500)- early medieval trial by ordeal for priests and clergy (blessed bread)
• MEDIEVAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (1000-1500)- early medieval trial by jury ( local members) and prisons used as a place to hold criminals only
• NORMAN (1066-1200) LAW ENFORCEMENT- trial by combat (fighting)
• NORMAN (1066-1200) LAW ENFORCEMENT- foresters (reinforce the forest laws)
• NORMAN (1066-1200) LAW ENFORCEMENT- church and royal courts (neck verse) sanctuary for 40 days, (benefit of the clergy) + other enforcements continued
• LATER MEDIEVAL (1200-1500) LAW ENFORCEMENT- sherrif (led the hue and cry)
• LATER MEDIEVAL (1200-1500) LAW ENFORCEMENT- possee (if hue and cry failed)
• LATER MEDIEVAL (1200-1500) LAW ENFORCEMENT- coroner (unnatural deaths) from 1190
• LATER MEDIEVAL (1200-1500) LAW ENFORCEMENT- parish constables
• LATER MEDIEVAL (1200-1500) LAW ENFORCEMENT- (TRIAL BY ORDEAL IS ABOLISHED IN THE MAGNA CARTA IN 1215)
• LATER MEDIEVAL (1200-1500) LAW ENFORCEMENT- trail by cold water |(accused is lowered into cold water by a rope in 'sank' innocent it 'float' guilty)
• LATER MEDIEVAL (1200-1500) LAW ENFORCEMENT- trial by hot water (hand placed in boiling water then bandaged to see if it heals)
• LATER MEDIEVAL (1200-1500) LAW ENFORCEMENT- trial by hot iron ( accused picked up red hot weight and walked 3 paces)
• LATER MEDIEVAL (1200-1500) LAW ENFORCEMENT- trial by blessed bread ( priest prayed (accused chokes on the break (lied) and found guilty))
• KING- people believe he was chosen by God to defend the country and uphold the law
• PEASANTS- the majority of the people that worked on land looked out for each other in the village to make sure it was lawful
• CHURCH- an important organisation separate from the king
• NOBLES- kings main supporters expected to keep law and order in their lands
• RETRIBUTION-to get revenge
• DETERRENCE- to scare others
• REFORM- to help the accused to get a better behaviour
• REMOVAL-to remove people from society
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT- death penalty
• CORPORAL PUNISHMENT- physically painful punishment
• EARLY MEDIEVAL PUNISHMENT-stocks and pillories