Medieval England c1000-c1500
Cards (7)
- Crimes against person
- Murder
- Assault
- Public disorder
- Rape
- Crimes against property
- Arson
- Theft, such as stealing crops or poaching
- Counterfeiting coins
- Crimes against authority
- Treason
- Rebellion
- Poaching
- Hunting wild animals on other peopleâs land without paying âhunting rightsâ
- Form of theft that dramatically increased after the law âforest lawsâ had passed
- Seen as a social crime and was considered acceptable to many people
- New crimes
- After 1066 King William wanted to establish his royal authority over his new kingdom
- One of the ways he did this was by adding new crimes
- Forest Laws
- 30% of England became âRoyal Forestâ
- Village communities and farms were evicted from land
- The royal forests were also protected by new forest laws
- Only those who paid for hunting rights could hunt in the Royal Forest
- Illegal to graze, kill wild animals or take wood without licence
- Rebellion
- Norman invasion was not welcomed, which meant lost of resistance
- Large rebellions occurred in York and East Anglia
- William had ordered death penalties for the punishment against authority
- He had also punished those who were not directly involved
- This suggests that 100,000 people starved to death