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Influence of Punishment in the Middle Ages (Development of crime and…
Influence of Punishment in the Middle Ages
Types of crime and punishment in the Middle Ages
Punishment depended on the crime
E.g Stealing bread = right hand cut off, adultery = death
Women who commit adultery were drowned
The more criminal the person is the harsher the punishment
Hung in stocks, stealing loaf of bread
Repeated offence, limb cut off
Development of crime and punishment
Not as harsh punishments (time in jail)
Pledge guilty, give your opinion view
Courts often biased
Developed from Catholic Church
Developed overtime, weapons developed, ideas, etc
The purpose of torture and punishment
Installed fear, people didn't want to break law
Hung, tortured etc
Used to get answers out of guilty/non guilty people
People to confess
Scare community, went to watch torturing