crime

c1000-c1500 MEDIVAL

c1500-c1700 EARLY MODERN

c1700-c1900 INDUSTRIAL

c1900-present PRESENT MODERN

forrest laws

rebellions

poaching

murdrum fine

smuggling

changes in society

vangabondage

increase in crimes against authority

witchcraft

heresy

poaching

witchcraft

smuggling

highway robbery

driving offences

drug crimes

race crime

terrorism

cybercrime

continuity or change

smuggling

if a norman is killed and they cant find who killed them, the whole hundred will pay for it.

alot of people moved a body into the next hundred as they didnt want to pay for it

only those who could pay could hunt

for peasants it was illegal to carry hunting weapons

seen as a social crime and led to resentment. punishments included; hanging, blinding and castration.

executed by hanging or beheading

purpose was a deterent

were known as heratics and the most serious crime with treason

introduced burning at the stake

if you disagreed with the kings religion then you were a heratic and was seen as a crime against god

hanging, drawn and quarterd was introduced

1495- vagabonds act which meant harsher punishments and got a 'v' branded on them

1542- witchcraft act

1601- poor law act

there wasn't enough work which caused the problem

many people thought that vagabonds were lazy and brought it upon themselves

people never left the place they were born

punishments were harshand could be charged in ordinary courts

people were very superstitious

however church courts were more lenient

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