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crime and punishment - Coggle Diagram
crime and punishment
Anglo Saxon England
Punishment
cutting off hands if you were a thief or tongues if you were a liar- corporal.
death sentence- capital
stocks and pillories. it was all very aimed at retribution and deterrence.
Control
The nobles
ruled England's kingdoms. given land by the king. cooperate and help the king in times of war. held their own shire courts and private courts
The bishops
the bishops controlled the church and were also large landowners that needed protection. They also attended the Witan and helped create laws.
The king
he had to make sure violence was reduced. main law maker. responsible over the entire kingdom. he also held the witan meeting.
the monks
the monks were under control of the church and took laws from the bishops. They wrote down Anglo-Saxon laws as there was few people able to read and write.
Law
there was a hierarchy in courts and they also had an oath to swear by as well as cases being heard in the 100s.
Norman England
Punishment
murdrum fine, kings mund, stocks and pillory, death sentence, ordeals, harm to the human body.
Control
castles built for fear and protection, the feudal system made for uniformity, new Norman lords placed around towns and villages to show who was in charge and to create fear.
Law
Justice prisons, constables, agreements, fines, courts, debt and evidence are all words that were introduced into the English legal system by the Normans as they were much harsher with law than the Anglo Saxons.
Middle Ages
Punishment
corporal and capital punishments, fines, public humiliation but was based more of reformation and deterrence.
Control
the king was in charge and above everyone apart from the pope and God. He controlled England but had men to whom he gave land in exchange for help at war and protection. Parliament now had a larger influence on punishments to do with the church and a hierarchy was placed.
Law
centralized approaches to crime and the king was much more involved in matters to do with the villages and crime. The justice system was also more uniform meaning that laws were fairer and people had more liberty to do something as they were clear with the laws that were being made.