Pregunta | Respuesta |
Romans: Describe Laws and Trials | Criminal courts were established, victim to collect own evidence Against the law to not worship the emperor as God Laws treated men, woman and slaves differently (patriarchal) |
Which crime continued to be common throughout the ages? | Petty theft |
Which period was trial by ordeal introduced? | 410-1066 Anglo Saxons |
What is botgild and when was it introduced? | Compensation for injury, Anglo Saxons |
What is the process called of the money you have to pay for killing a man? | Wergild |
What laws were introduced by the Normans that affected the lives of land owners and poachers? | The Forest Laws; not allowed to kill deer or hares or rabbits, chop trees |
What are the three trials by ordeal? | Trial by hot iron (heal/don't heal = not guilty/guilty) Trial by hot water (arm in water), Trial by cold water (sink = innocent) |
When was the trial by combat introduced? | Norman period |
What were tithings? | A group of 12 men who were responsible for each other; if one man did something wrong, 11 other men responsible to bring him to justice |
When were constables introduced? | 1250 |
How did the Saxons maintain the law? | Use of 'Hue and Cry' |
Give three examples of changes from the Saxon period to the Norman period | the church became more centralised the king had more power forest laws introduced trial by combat introduced executions carried out publicly over public punishments |
Give three examples of continuity from the Saxon period to the Norman period | the mund tithings shire courts and sheriffs trial by ordeal minor punishments, such as whipping or public humiliation hue and cry |
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