Crime, Law, And Punishment In The Medieval Ages
Jessica Liu
Mr. Regan
F Block History
27 February 2017
Crime, Law, and Punishment
Introduction
In the Medieval Ages, laws were very strict. Back then, it was ideal for the citizens to fear those who were in charge of making laws. This was so they would behave and not commit any crimes. However if the citizen did commit a crime, they had to suffer the consequences. There were numerous amounts of punishments used in the Medieval Ages, most of which resulted in death or serious injuries that could not be healed or treated. Thankfully, many of these punishments that were used back then, aren’t used today.
Crime
Just like the present day, there were major crimes, and there were lesser crimes in the Medieval Ages. Some major crimes consisted of rape and murder. Lesser crimes consisted of gossiping, theft, and cheating on your significant other. The smallest offences were considered a crime and resulted in tedious punishments. The more major the crime was, the harsher and stricter the punishment would be.
Law …show more content…
The three ordeals were the ordeal by fire, the ordeal by water, and the ordeal by combat. The ordeal by fire was conducted by having the accused person hold a hot iron bar. He or she would then take three steps. Their hand was then bandaged and left for three days. If your hand healed, you were innocent. If your hand did not heal, you were guilty. The ordeal by water started with the accused person being tied up. They were then thrown into the water. If they floated, then they were guilty. The ordeal by combat was just the accused person fighting their accuser. Whoever won was right. The loser was often already dead. These ordeals were very unfair. When Charlemagne came into power, he changed the trials by ordeal to the trials by panel. From the trials by panel, we got the trials by
Mr. Regan
F Block History
27 February 2017
Crime, Law, and Punishment
Introduction
In the Medieval Ages, laws were very strict. Back then, it was ideal for the citizens to fear those who were in charge of making laws. This was so they would behave and not commit any crimes. However if the citizen did commit a crime, they had to suffer the consequences. There were numerous amounts of punishments used in the Medieval Ages, most of which resulted in death or serious injuries that could not be healed or treated. Thankfully, many of these punishments that were used back then, aren’t used today.
Crime
Just like the present day, there were major crimes, and there were lesser crimes in the Medieval Ages. Some major crimes consisted of rape and murder. Lesser crimes consisted of gossiping, theft, and cheating on your significant other. The smallest offences were considered a crime and resulted in tedious punishments. The more major the crime was, the harsher and stricter the punishment would be.
Law …show more content…
The three ordeals were the ordeal by fire, the ordeal by water, and the ordeal by combat. The ordeal by fire was conducted by having the accused person hold a hot iron bar. He or she would then take three steps. Their hand was then bandaged and left for three days. If your hand healed, you were innocent. If your hand did not heal, you were guilty. The ordeal by water started with the accused person being tied up. They were then thrown into the water. If they floated, then they were guilty. The ordeal by combat was just the accused person fighting their accuser. Whoever won was right. The loser was often already dead. These ordeals were very unfair. When Charlemagne came into power, he changed the trials by ordeal to the trials by panel. From the trials by panel, we got the trials by