Medieval England - Crime and Punishment
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- Created on: 24-01-18 15:42
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- Medieval England
- Norman England (1066-1100)
- Forest laws stopped peasants hunting on previously common land
- Poaching was viewed as a social crime
- Leaving the village became a crime
- Because of fedual system - Serfs were like the property of their lord
- Outlaws were criminals over the age of 14 who ran away to escape punishment
- Female outlaws were called 'waived'
- Outlaw gangs no longer had the protection of the law
- Outlaw gangs terrorised people
- E.g. The Folville gang
- Gang of 50 outlaws
- Kidnapped ***** and stole over a period of 20 years
- Leader called Eustace Folville - Rich Family
- E.g. The Folville gang
- A series of Anglo-Saxon rebellions took place against William between 1068-1071
- Forest laws stopped peasants hunting on previously common land
- Later Medieval England (1100-1500)
- Growth of town meant more crime
- E.g London population = 30,000
- E.g York population = 10,000
- It became a crime to ask for higher wages after the black death
- Statute of Labourers 1351.
- Introduced a maximum wage
- Made it illegal to move to a new area for better work
- Protects the interests of the rich
- Statute of Labourers 1351.
- Moral crimes such as failing to attend church, drunkenness, immortality, playing football on sundays
- Domestic violence was largely accepted by men
- **** went largely unpunished
- E.g a study in the Midlands showed that between 1400 and 1430 showed 280 **** cases and not one led to a conviction
- Heresy Laws 1382,
1401, 1414
- Made it a crime to disagree with the church
- The punishment was being burned at the stake
- Those who disagreed with the church were called heretics
- Made it a crime to disagree with the church
- Petty Crime continued to be the most common
- 73.5% of all crime was theft
- 18.2% of all crime was theft
- 6.2% of all crime was receiving stolen goods
- 2.1% was arson
- Counterfeiting coins, **** and treason
- Growth of town meant more crime
- Anglo Saxon England (1000-1066)
- Drunkenness was a problem
- Along with ploughing land that didn't belong to you
- The most serious crimes were against The King
- Most crime was Petty theft
- Violent Crime was the minority
- Drunkenness was a problem
- Norman England (1066-1100)
- Petty Crime continued to be the most common
- 73.5% of all crime was theft
- 18.2% of all crime was theft
- 6.2% of all crime was receiving stolen goods
- 2.1% was arson
- Counterfeiting coins, **** and treason
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