Crime and Punishment- Early Modern Period (1500-1700)

Henry VIII

Henry VIII

________ would punish Witches by the death penalty, Elizabeth I would try them in the common court and they would get the death penalty if they caused harm, James I would give the death penalty to summoning spirits and finally George II would punish them with fines and imprisonment.

Prisons

________ were installed mainly for those who were in debt and for those waiting to be trialled.

Vagrancy

________ was a social crime, meaning people would see it happen but ignore it as they felt sorry for the Vagrants.

Guy Fawkes

________ got sent to the Tower of London where he got brutally tortured by the Tower of Londons head torturer until he said who else was included (John Wright, Thomas Perry, Thomas Wintour .)

1576

________- Houses of correction built in every county to punish and employ beggars.

Edward VI

________ was a protestant, and also a strong hater of vagrants.

James 1st

________ wrote a book on how to find a witch called Demonology, where he in detail described their appearance and other details.

Elizabeth 1st

________ was a protestant, letting leeway for Catholics to pray in private.

Mary 1sts

Burning at the stake was mainly used during ________ reign, where heretics (people who went against the religion of the monarch) would be burned to their death.

East Anglia

He (Matthew Hopkins) killed over 100 people in the span of 2 years due to accusing them of being witches when he started his witch hunt in ________.

Vagrancy

________ was the crime of being unemployed, and this could be punished extremely seriously during this time as people believed vagrants to be horrible people who were too lazy to do a job, and when they offered they believed vagrants would cause a great mess and not do the job right.

(EX

Old Demdike)

(1531

Whipped until bloody and then returned to previous place or birthplace

1547

First offence, 2 years slavery, Second offence, for life slavery or execution

1547

Act 1 renewed

1572

first offence whipping and burning, second offence execution

1576

Houses of correction built in every county to punish and employ beggars

1593

1531 act repealed

1598

Whipped and sent home.)