2007-10-14 18:00:03 · 12 answers · asked by pietertegmann 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Medieval Punishment – Law and Order of the Middle Ages
Medieval punishment would not exist without medieval law. The laws that ruled the land and set the medieval punishment for crimes varied depending on time and place.
Included are:
Germanic law.
Medieval punishment during the reign of Henry II in England.
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2007-10-14 18:08:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends where you were, Medieval Japan, death, Medieval Ireland (irish areas) exile, or a fine, (English dominated areas see English law.. England Hanging , branding, mutilation and assorted other lenient punishments depenndent vupon what you stole and from whom! (Robbing the king was a really bad idea!)
2007-10-15 03:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by Aine G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Medevial Punishment was always cruel.It was extreme.It ranged from whipping to cutting of hands,depending up on the amount involved.Muslim punishment was still harsh.The idea of punishment as a tool to reform was recent(20th century concept)
2007-10-14 20:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I home schooled my son a few years ago and we had a book that said that cruel punishment was not that common, actually. That people were told to leave town and then became the problem of the next over until another crime would send them packing off to another town.
2007-10-14 21:23:53 · answer #4 · answered by Heart of man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you steal and how much. Minor Punishment was a fine or forfit of a percentage of items and then moved all the way up the scale to death by hanging with chains.
2007-10-14 18:32:21 · answer #5 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From the mildest punishment stocks for a week. up the removal of the offending limb to beheading
2007-10-14 21:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For minor theft it could be flogging and or amputation of an hand usually branding on the face to mark you as a thief,for more serious offices hanging was common right up to the 19th centuary. ..
2007-10-14 19:36:08 · answer #7 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From what I remember it was the removal of the right hand, or both also beheading depending on the severity of the theft. I got this somewhere back in high school about 12 years ago.
2007-10-14 18:09:20 · answer #8 · answered by ARMY WIFE 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
nothing so drastic as cutting your hand off
the regular punishment was i believe to be stuck in the 'stocks' in the village/town square/centre - and people would walk past you and throw rotten fruit and vege etc at you
i.e. public humiliation
2007-10-14 18:54:40 · answer #9 · answered by tinny 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well first of all , you need the time period,and what the person stole. an example though would be cutting the hand off. you need to do research to be exact
2007-10-14 18:10:18 · answer #10 · answered by Juan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋