History - Crime and Punishment - Medieval Times - Punishments

1000-1500:

Punishments:

Blood Feud (Before 1000):

• The legal right of a victim's family to hunt down and kill the murder
• Based on revenge and created a cycle of bloodshed with no resolution
• Caused chaos and disorder as one always had the right to kill

Wergild:

• Saxons relied heavily on system of fines
• Compensation paid to victims or their families
• Level calculated and set through king's laws
• Not about retribution, made further…