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Crime and
punishment
(Early
Modern)
Changes in
society
Lead to
crimes
against
the person
Lead to crimes
against property
Lead to crimes
against
authority
Why was there
an increase of
crimes against
authority?
increase in population
and a crime of
feudalism lead to
higher
unemployment, which
meant more people
moved to urban areas
in search of work so
towns and cities grew
The end of
feudalism and
new farming
methods lead to
enclosure of
land.
changes in
peoples
religious
beliefs and
religion of
the Monarch
Early modern
England was ruled by
the Tudors and then
the Stuarts. It was a
time of religious
change and many
rebellions and plots
against the monarchy
New crimes
The Gun powder plot -
1605
Law Enforcement
Punishment
Witch-Hunts 1645-47
The Timeline of
religious leaders
1509-47 ~ Henry VII
was a strict Catholic
until he changed to
Protestant but still
enforced Catholic ideas
1547-53 ~ Edward VI
was Protestant
1553-58 ~ Mary I
was a strict Catholic
1558-1603 ~Elizabeth I was a
Protestant but was allowing
mild Catholism
1603-25 ~ James I
was a strict
Protestant
Moral crims
Rural Crimes
Witchcraft
Vagrancy
Smuggling
Vagrancy grew and
became a crime because
of the increasing
unemployment rate
Landowners wanted to
make a profit from the
enclosed land, but the
poor kept hunting and
fishing on the land
Cromwell banned leisurely
activities to make England
more Godly and got rid of
the recusancy law
Witchcraft had been a minor
crime until The Early Modern
where is became serious as
people saw it as harmful
Because Britain was building an empire
and therefore the government introduced
import duties (tax) to make more money
It was easy to get the goods into the
country without having to pay tax and
therefore the prices would be lower
meaning more people were willing to buy
the smuggled goods.
They were feared
and hated by the
settled population
Many land owners enclosed
their land, preventing the poor
from being able to use the
common land,.
Between 1649-1660 there was no king
or queen, Oliver Cromwell ruled asd
Lord Protector, he was a strict
Protestant that was called a Puritan
The media and William
Shakespeare also made
people more aware of
witchcraft
New laws were
put in place to
help resolve the
problem
The Vagrancy Act
The Poor Laws
New laws were put in
place to help resolve
the problem
Witchcraft Act
The Witchcraft and
Conjurations Act
New laws were
put in place to
help resolve the
problem
The Game Act
New laws were
put in place to
help resolve
the problem
He banned: being
drunk, over eating,
Christmas
Sabbath
New laws were put in
place to help resolve the
problem
The Board of
Customs Established
Law enforcers
Thief-takers
Night watch men
Town constable
Appointed by the local
people and they are
expected break up
fights and stop
suspected criminals
What changes were there
to the role of the church in
the law enforcement
The Benefit of the Clergy
Sanctuary
Criminals that
turned rival gangs
in for rewards
Volunteers with other
jobs as well, a male
from each household
is meant to serve.
The continuity in
catching the criminals
There was still no
national police force and
the effectiveness of law
enforcement varied
widely across the country
people were expected
to to raise and join
the hue and cry
The most common
punishments were
corporal and capital
The punishments that
have continued through
time
Fines
Pillory, stocks,
flogging and
maiming
hanging
Burning
The main
purpose of crime
was still
deterrence and
retribution
The Bloody Code
There were 50 capital
offences but at the end of the
century there were 220
crimes punishable by death
Seen as a deterrent
Used between 1688 - 1825
Transportation to America
Transported to
North America to
do manual work
between
50,000-80,000 people
were transported
They were sentence
7-14 years
This meant that there
were less criminals in
England but less were
being killed
Why the Gun
Powder Plot
happened
How the Gun
Powder Plot
happened
What happened the
Plotters after they
were caught
Why did the Plot fail
Catholics wanted freedom so the
so the Pope told them to depose
Elizabeth I
But James I continued
with anti-Catholic laws
The Plotters rented the
house next to Parliament,
above the cellar
They filled the
cellar with barrels
of gun powder
Guy Fawkes was sent to
set it off
The other men tried
to flee and hide but
were still caught
Lord Monteagle gave the letter to
Robert Cecil (James I's spy-master)
Cecil ordered a search of
the basement and he
found Guy Fawkes and
the gunpowder
Guy Fawkes
was tortured
until he gave up his
fellow conspirators
They were all hung,
drawn and quartered
Matthew Hopkins
employed by a Justice of Peace
Reasons for the
intensity of the
Witch-hunts
He got 112 hung
for witchcraft
used
torture
Lack of Authority
Influence of Individuals
Religious change
Social problems
Economic problems
Evidence used to
determined if
someone is a witch
James I's book
'Demonologie'
Unusual marks on the body
Witness accounts
When they are thrown
into water, they float
Confessions of the accused
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