History · c1000-present
A thousand years of how crime was defined, who chased the criminal, and what happened to them afterwards.
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Crime and punishment in medieval England
Anglo-Saxon communities policing themselves, the Normans bending that system towards the king, the Church's courts and sanctuaries, and the growth of…
4 lessons
c1000-c1500
36 questions -
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Crime and punishment in early modern England
Religious upheaval, new crimes of heresy, treason, vagabondage and witchcraft, and how Tudor and Stuart authorities punished those who threatened…
5 lessons
c1500-c1700
45 questions -
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Crime and punishment in Britain, c1700-c1900
Industrial Britain, the rise and fall of the Bloody Code, new crimes such as smuggling and poaching, the reform of prisons, and the creation of the…
4 lessons
c1700-c1900
36 questions -
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Crime, punishment and law enforcement in recent times
How changing attitudes redefined crime, how technology created new crimes and new ways of policing, how prisons turned towards reform, and why…
4 lessons
c1900-present
36 questions