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War of Roses/Medieval Crime and Punishment (Why? (Both families (houses)…
War of Roses/Medieval Crime and Punishment
When?
1445-1485
Who?
House of York-White Rose
House of Lancaster-Red Rose
English Families who would fight each other
Where?
England
What?
A series pf battles for the England crown
Why?
Both families (houses) were descendants of the King Edward III
King Henry VI (Lancastrian) had terrible nobles
Powerful lords with armies
Civil Unrest
Henry VI's mental illness
Major Points
Queen Margaret of Anjou-Lancster
Battle of Townton
Lots of double crossing
King Edward IV's sons-King Richard III
Tudors emerge victorious-Battle of Bosworth
Medieval Crime and Punishment
There were two ways types of trial in medieval; trial by jury used for all but serious crimes and trial by ordeal for the most serious crimes.
Torture was deemed a legitimate means to extract confessions or to obtain the names of accomplices or other information about a crime. Torture was conducted in private, unlike public trials and executions.
To be hanged, drawned and quartered was from 1351 a statutory penalty in England for men convicted of high treason. For reasons of public decency, women convicted of high treason were instead burned at the stake.
Ways of Punishment
fines
shaming
Public Stocks
Cutting off body parts
Death
Ways of torture
Ducking Stool: tied to a chair; repeatedly dunked in water
Sold's Bridle- Used to prevent someone from talking
Catherine's Wheel/Breaking Wheel- Systematic breaking of limbs
ordeals
Ordeal by fire: walk 3-4 paces with a red hot iron in hands
Ordeal by water: Hands and feet bound and thrown into water