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Medieval: Crime
What is 'Trial by Ordeal'?
What was the Gossip's Bridle?
Medieval: Crime
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What was the Gossip's Bridle?
Being held in stocks for public abuse.
A chair on the end of a pole to plunge people into water.
Cutting of body parts
Iron muzzle enclosed around the head.
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What is 'Trial by Ordeal'?
Proof of who is innocent by who wins a duel
Proof of innocence/guilt through painful experience
A trial with the Local Constable
A trial in court with a judge and jury
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Which was NOT a common crime in medieval times?
Bank robbery
Theft
Murder
Vagrancy
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Why were punishments so extreme in medieval times?
People were mean back then
Discourage people from breaking law
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Who dealt with SERIOUS crimes?
The King
Manorial Courts
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What was a
Trial by Combat?
they were put in a river to sink or float
they asked god for a sign of innocence
12 people would recite an oath
the accused would fight in a battle
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Who dealt with MINOR crimes?
Manorial Courts
The King
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What is a ducking stool used for?
A game for children
Lowering female criminals into water
Reading books over rivers
Finding ducks
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Manorial Courts were in...
Monasteries
Castles
Manors/Villages
King's Territory
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What is the name of this medieval punishment device?
guillotine
rack
stocks
stacks
