History - Crime and Punishment - Medieval Times - Norman Law Enforcement

1000-1500:

Norman Trials + Law Enforcement

• Local communities were already efficient at policing themselves
• Normans kept tithings and hue and cry
• Norman-French was the official language for courts
• All court records were in Latin
• English people understood nothing but English

Equality:

• Anglo-Saxons made women almost equal to men in law
• Norman laws were much harsher on women
• E.g. a Norman legal text:…