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War of the Roses Notes (Medieval Crime and Punishment (Trial by jury used…
War of the Roses Notes
England
Battle of Bosworth
WHERE
Battle of Townton
English Families
House of York-White Rose
WHO?
House of Lancaster
Queen Margaret of Anjou-Lancaster
A series of battles for the English crown
Lots of torture
WHAT
Lots of Double Crossing
Both families were descendants of the King Edward.
Civil unrest
WHY
King Henry VI had terrible nobles
1455-1485
Henry VI 1422-1461
WHEN
Edward IV 1461-1470
Medieval Crime and Punishment
Trial by jury used for all but the most serious crimes and trial by ordeal.
Torture was deemed a legitimate means to extract confessions or to obtain the names of accomplices.
There were two types of trial in medieval times.
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a statutory penalty in England
Ways of Punishment would include fines, shamming, public stocks, cutting off body parts, and death.
Ways of torture included, a Ducking Stool,The Breaking Wheel, Scold's Bridle, Ordeal by Fire, Ordeal by Water, and Ordeal by Combat.