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Grades 11 and 12 - History - Senior High School - Crime And Punishment: The Middle Ages
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Grades 11 and 12 - History - Senior High School - Crime And Punishment: The Middle Ages
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1. Medieval laws compelled all able-bodied men witnessing a crime to chase the offender until he was caught - even if the chase was long and ended up in a different town or county. What was this process called?
2. Between 1195 and 1361 the magistrate system developed. By what name were they usually known?
3. What was the most drastic medieval penalty for female adulterers?
4. An early principle of Anglo-Saxon justice was that justice in the face of crime was the responsibility of the local community, and of which other group?
5. Islamic (Sharia) Law generally considered apostasy to be deserving of the death penalty. What was apostasy?
6. The mythology of Robin Hood centers on his role as a man of the people securing justice for the poor. Which of the following was not a member of his circle in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire?
7. Which one of the following was not a form of trial by ordeal up to 1215?
8. Under what form of law could ordinary citizens be dealt with for marriage, tithe, wills and magic offenses?
9. In 855 Ethelwulf permitted English churches to levy the tithe (set at 10% of income or profit). The legal validity of tithes was confirmed by the Statute of Westminster in 1285. Which one of the following groups was obliged to pay the tithe?
10. Which were the lowest in the pecking order of medieval courts?

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