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Medieval crime and punishment - Coggle Diagram
Medieval crime and punishment
The normans
The laws didn't change much under the normans
The normans believed a lot in god
God still was over seeing, a lot of the trials, and when they could not decide what to happen in court,
There were many types of ordeals
Trial by hot water
The trial by hot water consisted of sticking your hand in boiling water, and after 3 days if your wounds festered, god had found you guilty
trial by water
The trial by cold water, consisted of a person being thrown into holy water, and if the sank, god had accepted them, and found them innocent
Trial by hot iron
The trial consisted of a person walking a few steps, with a hot iron in thier hands, and if the iron hurts them, or they can't walk the steps then they are found guilty
Trial by blessed bread
Mostly meant for clergy the person eats stale blessed bread, and if they cant swallow it, they are guilty
Trial by combat
When the normans came, the introduced a new type of trial called trial by combat, this type of trial was mostly used for land disputes, and went that the 2 would fight each other, to death or until one had surrendered and if they lost, then they were found guilty
The normans kept many of the old english laws, but implemented new ones, so that the could easily rule over the anglo saxons
A few of the new laws went like this
The forest laws
Murdrum fine
keepers of the peace
travelling judges
Travelling judges were judges who traveled over the country and over saw many large cases, and gave fair trials, to whoever attended the court.
The anglo-saxons
Before the normans came to rule england, the anglo saxons had settled to live there
The anglo saxons lived in small villages.
AFter the age of 12, anglo saxon men were divided into ten called the tithings, and the tithings were responsible for everyone else's behaviour
The tithings were responsible for the hue and cry
Botgeld
Botgeld was the compensation that had to be given for body parts
Wergeld
Wergild was the compensation that was given to the family members of the dead by the perpetrator