Crime and Punishment: - Medieval crimes and Criminals

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GCSE Crime and Punishment (Flashcards) Flashcards on Crime and Punishment: - Medieval crimes and Criminals, created by Michael Sessions on 16/12/2018.
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1. What were the two main categories of crime in the middle ages Serious Crimes Petty Crimes
2. Which king passed a law in 1275 that said anyone stealing more than 12d worth of goods could be hanged? Edward I
3. Roughly how many weeks wages for a labourer was 12d in the middle ages? Three
4. What was defined as, stealing goods worth less than 12d, getting into debt or doing limited harm to a person or property? Petty Crimes
5. What was the most common crime in the middle ages? Theft
6. What word do we use for the illegal copying of money? Counterfeiting
7. What type of crime are felonies? Serious Crimes
8. What word do we use when someone deliberately damages property with fire? Arson
9. All sudden deaths had to be reported to who in medieval England? Coroner
10. What did every homicide end up in? A Trial
11. What did over a half of medieval homicides stem from? Arguments
12. Thefts were worse at what time of the year? Harvest time
13. What word do we use when someone takes their own life? Suicide
14. What two crimes were you committing by taking your own life in medieval England? Sin Serious Crime
15. Name two new crime from the 14th century Scolding Vagrancy
16. Which year did parliament pass a law requiring all able-bodied men to swear an oath they would stay and work in their own village? 1351
17. Who were the most feared and despised of medieval criminals? Outlaw gangs
18. What reason did the church give for passing laws against dice, football and other games? They were sinful as they encouraged idleness
19. According to the text book what are two moral crimes from the medieval period? Shaving your beard on a Sunday Homosexuality
20. What word means, spreading false Christian beliefs? Heresy
21. What is the medieval definition of treason? Crimes against authority
22. An act of parliament in which year clearly defined treason? 1351
24. The last years of the 15th century saw a dreadful crime wave committed by who? Lords and Retainers
25. Which event that started in 1348 made the problem of vagrancy worse? Black Death
26. What can be defined as, the use of offensive and abusive speech in public? Scolding
27. Why is difficult to know exactly how much crime was committed in medieval England? We do not know how many people lived in at that time.
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