Crime and Punishment: Medieval Crimes and Criminals

What are serious crimes called?

What are less serious crimes also called?

Name three types of serious crime.

King Edward passed a law in 1275 that said a person could be hanged for stealing if the value of the goods was worth more than?

Medieval homicide verdicts could fall into 5 categories. What are they?

All sudden deaths in medieval England had to be reported to who?

Records suggest that over half of medieval homicides stemmed from what?

During what time of the year did arguments and thefts increase in medieval England?

What was considered both a serious crime and sin by the Church?

Name two types of new crime that appeared from 1350-1400.

Which criminals ambushed travellers and robbed houses in the 15th century?

The church took action against gambling for money and homosexuality, what did they refer to these crimes as?

The church also dealt with heresy. What is heresy?

What is Treason?

At the end of the 1400s which two groups were accused of committing crimes that abused authority?