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Crime And Punishment: The Middle Ages
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Q.1
Under what form of law could ordinary citizens be dealt with for marriage, tithe, wills and magic offenses?
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Monastic Law
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Sacerdotal Law
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Canon Law
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Theocratic Law
Q.2
Which were the lowest in the pecking order of medieval courts?
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Hundred courts
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Leet courts
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Manorial courts
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Wapontake courts
Q.3
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?
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The victim's friends
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The victim's family
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The local thegns (low ranking nobles)
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All members of the community who have acquired criminal convictions
Q.4
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?
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Hue and cry
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Hot Pursuit
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Paperchase
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Broadcast
Q.5
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 Which one of the following groups was obliged to pay the tithe?
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The King
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Rectors (to the vicar)
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Vicars (to the rector)
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Freemen
Q.6
Which one of the following was not a form of trial by ordeal up to 1215?
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Water
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Combat
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Fire
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Ice
Q.7
What was the most drastic medieval penalty for female adulterers?
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The ducking stool
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The stocks
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Drowning
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Whipping
Q.8
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?
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John Ball
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Alan-a-Dale
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Will Scarlett
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Little John
Q.9
Islamic (Sharia) Law generally considered apostasy to be deserving of the death penalty. What was apostasy?
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Encouraging Muslims to embrace another faith
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Embracing another faith oneself
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Criticizing the Prophet Mohammed
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Damaging a copy of the Holy Koran
Q.10
Between 1195 and 1361 the magistrate system developed. By what name were they usually known?
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Guardians of the Peace
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Trustees of the Peace
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Guarantors of the Peace
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Justices of the Peace
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