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crime & punishment-thematic study - Coggle Diagram

- - - - murdrum fine
        
        used to establish control over the saxons
        
        if a saxon murdered a norman and wasnt caught a large sum of money had to be paid by the hundred where the body was found
        
        murdering a norman became a serious crime and showed how ppl in power could make laws to benefit themselves
      - rebellions
      - forest laws
        
        30% of england became 'royal forest' which william and nobility used for hunting
        
        what happened?
        
        village communities were evicted
        
        you had to pay for hunting rights to hunt there
        
        it was illegal to graze animals,kill wild animals,take wood without a license
        
        reactions?
  - - - punishment
        
        fines and compensation
        
        wergild used to compensate the family of victims
        
        corporal punishment=common
        
        capital punishment=rarely used
      - law enforcement
        
        beliefs
        
        god=final judge
        
        role of community=important
        
        role of communtiy
        
        seeking justice=victim's responsibility
        
        community=help deliver justice
        
        areas=divided into shires-a hundred and 10 tithings
        
        each community=needs for tracking those suspected of a crime
        
        witness to a crime=should raise a hue and cry to alert ppl to chase the criminal
        
        taking oaths
        
        hearings=were in public
        
        accused could swear innocence under and claim oath helpers
        
        if caught again=cant swear an oath of innocence
        
        wasnt effective cus the accused could lie
      - crimes
        
        against a person
        
        murder,rape
        
        against property
        
        arson,theft
        
        against authority
        
        treason,rebellion