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War of Roses/Medieval Crime and Punishment (Medieval Crime and Punishment,…
War of Roses/Medieval Crime and Punishment
What?
a series of battles for English crown
Who?
House of York White Rose
House of Lancaster- Red Rose
English families
When?
1445 - 1485
Where?
England
Why?
Powerful lords with armies
King Henry VI had terrible nobles
Henry VI's mental illness
Both families were decendants of the King Edward III
Civil unrest
Details
Queen Margaret of Anjou-Lancaster
Lots of double crossing
Battle of Townton
King Edwards IV's sons-King Richard III
Tudors emerge victorious Battle of Bosworth
The Yorks won 12 battles
Medieval Crime and Punishment
there were two types of trial in medieval times; trual by jury used for all but the most serious crimes by trial by ordeal for the most serious crimes
trial by ordeal was intended to determine if a person was innocent or guilty it was believed that God would help the innocent by performing a miracle
Torture was deemed a legitimate means to extract connfessions
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a statutory penalty in England for men convinced 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 of body parts, and death
Ways of torture: ducking stool (tied to a chair; repeatedly dunked in water), Catherine's Wheel/ Breaking Wheel (systematic breaking of limbs), scold's bridle (used to prevent someone from talking)
Ordeal
Ordeal by fire: walk 3-4 paces with red hot iron in hands
Ordeal by water: hands and feet bound thrown into water
Ordeal by combat: fight between the accused and accuser