Zusammenfassung der Ressource
History- Crime and Punishment
- Anglo-saxon
- Tithings
- 10 men over the
- Hue and cry
- Trials
- Trial by ordeal
- Trial by blessed bread
- Only priests
- If you choke you are guilty
- Trial
by hot
iron
- Taken by women
- They would hold it
- If wound is
not healed
by 3 days
then you
were guilty
- Trial by cold
water
- Only
slaves took
this trial
- Dunked in
river whilst
priest blesses
the water
- If you float
then you are
guilty but if
you drown you
are not
- Trial by boiling water
- Men would take this
- Put hand in
boiling
water
- Trial by jury
- Men of
village
decide
whether
the
accused
is guilty
or not
- If they could not
decide if they were
guilty or not then
they would use trial
by ordeal to decide