c1500-c1700: Early modern England (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Time period of early modern England punishment
Time period of early modern England punishment
c1500-c1700
Punishment purpose: revenge on criminals
Punishment purpose: revenge on criminals
Retribution
Punishment purpose: frightening people to prevent crime
Punishment purpose: frightening people to prevent crime
Deterrence
Why fines were useful to authorities
Why fines were useful to authorities
Raised money while punishing offender
Public wooden frames for humiliation
Public wooden frames for humiliation
Pillory and stocks
Crimes flogging was used for
Crimes flogging was used for
Begging, drunkenness, vagrancy
Most common execution method
Most common execution method
Hanging
How nobles were executed
How nobles were executed
Beheaded
Crime punished by burning
Crime punished by burning
Heresy (going against official religion)
Time period of the Bloody Code
Time period of the Bloody Code
1688-1823
Number of capital offences by 1688
Number of capital offences by 1688
50
Monarch who introduced transportation
Monarch who introduced transportation
James I (1603-1625)
Duration of transportation sentences
Duration of transportation sentences
7 or 14 years
Number transported to America
Number transported to America
50,000-80,000
Economic benefit of transportation
Economic benefit of transportation
Provided workers for English colonies