Different Types Of Courts In The Middle Ages
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Question 1.- What were the different types of courts in the Middle Ages.
Some of the different types of courts in the Middle Ages were Church courts, Manor courts and Royal courts. Now all of these courts are different and have different rules. For example Church courts are lighter in sentences than Royal courts also Church courts cannot sentence death. Manor courts are dealt with charges of assault, petty theft, public drunkenness and other small crimes. Also Royal courts deal with serious crimes such as rape, murder, cutting trees etc. The way we know there were different types of courts are by artifacts, scriptures and more. Based on this it is clear that there are three types of courts and they are Church courts, Manor courts …show more content…
When you had put your hand in boiling water or holding and red hot iron you would get a wound. When you had finished your punishment you wound was then bandaged and if it had started to heal after three days then you were innocent if it was clear that the wound was not healing or infected you were guilty. Most of these ordeals are found in India, Asia, America, Europe and parts of Africa. How we knew that there where ordeal by fire and other ordeals, was by the pantings and old books as well. There are also ordeal torture equipment in museums, this is how we know there was ordeals. Based on this it is clear that ordeal by fire was something you had to do to determine if you were innocent or …show more content…
One of the techniques they would use to punish someone would be to suffocate the thumpers, this is when you put this mettle thing around your thumbs and it slowly stops your blood pressure coming to your thumbs. Another technique they would use punish the criminal would be a knee splitter, this is when he or she would put their knee in between it and the knee splitter would badly hurt your knee so you could not walk. How this is known is by the Primary sources found at certain places around the world. Based on this it is clear that there were may techniques to hurt the guilty and
Question 1.- What were the different types of courts in the Middle Ages.
Some of the different types of courts in the Middle Ages were Church courts, Manor courts and Royal courts. Now all of these courts are different and have different rules. For example Church courts are lighter in sentences than Royal courts also Church courts cannot sentence death. Manor courts are dealt with charges of assault, petty theft, public drunkenness and other small crimes. Also Royal courts deal with serious crimes such as rape, murder, cutting trees etc. The way we know there were different types of courts are by artifacts, scriptures and more. Based on this it is clear that there are three types of courts and they are Church courts, Manor courts …show more content…
When you had put your hand in boiling water or holding and red hot iron you would get a wound. When you had finished your punishment you wound was then bandaged and if it had started to heal after three days then you were innocent if it was clear that the wound was not healing or infected you were guilty. Most of these ordeals are found in India, Asia, America, Europe and parts of Africa. How we knew that there where ordeal by fire and other ordeals, was by the pantings and old books as well. There are also ordeal torture equipment in museums, this is how we know there was ordeals. Based on this it is clear that ordeal by fire was something you had to do to determine if you were innocent or …show more content…
One of the techniques they would use to punish someone would be to suffocate the thumpers, this is when you put this mettle thing around your thumbs and it slowly stops your blood pressure coming to your thumbs. Another technique they would use punish the criminal would be a knee splitter, this is when he or she would put their knee in between it and the knee splitter would badly hurt your knee so you could not walk. How this is known is by the Primary sources found at certain places around the world. Based on this it is clear that there were may techniques to hurt the guilty and