the nature of punishment in anglo saxon

• what is maiming

  causing physical harm
• what was wergild?

  a punishment for murder paying a fine paid to the victims family. the higher your social status the higher the fine
• what were treason and arson punished by?

  execution - usually hanging
• what punishments would be given for physical assaults or public disorder?

  stocks or pillory
• what punishment would be given for theft?

  fines
• what happened over time?

  punishments were increasingly decided by the king rather than local communities
• what increased in anglo saxon england?

  the use of punishment