Continuity and change is apparent in the punishments that were used in the medieval times. Punishments used in the Middle Ages were cruel, severe or humiliating. Mutilation was a common practice for most crimes. A thief usually had a hand cut off (Tim Nash, The Finer
Continuity and change is apparent in the punishments that were used in the medieval times. Punishments used in the Middle Ages were cruel, severe or humiliating. Mutilation was a common practice for most crimes. A thief usually had a hand cut off (Tim Nash, The Finer