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40 Cards in this Set
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Roman - What is the Praetorian Guard? what did they do? |
The emperor's household guard - They stopped riots in emergencies |
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Roman - How many men where in the Praetorian Guard?
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9,000 |
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How did the Romans prevent Crime? |
The romans did very little to prevent crime, they focused mainly on policing crime - no police force |
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Roman - What are the vigiles |
A group who patrol the streets at night, they tried to contain fires and chased slaves who tried to escape |
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Roman - Who are the Urban Cohort |
The urban Cohort where a group of 3,000 soldiers who stopped riots and where meant to keep order. they did not patrol the streets |
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Roman - How did the romans police abroad? |
Governors travelled the country and set up courts in towns Magistrates ran these small local courts, dealing with minor offences Legionaries policed towns and villages |
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Roman - Name 5 crimes
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Theft, Arson, Robbing Temples, Selling underweight bread, attacking the emperor |
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Roman - Name 5 Punishments |
Forced Castration, Stoning, Slavery, Crucifixion, the arena |
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Roman - What happened to criminal Patricians? |
They could not be given the death penalty, instead they were exiled |
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Roman - How did Trials work? |
Victims must collect their own evidence and present it to a judge. if the judge thinks their is enough evidence then a trial will be held with a lawyer for either side |
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Roman - What is the difference between a patrician and a plebian |
Patricians are one of the main families in Rome, if you were a patrician you couldn't be given the death sentence. Plebians were ordinary citizens |
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Roman - What is the function of the Roman colliseum |
The condemned would fight until killed as a means of entertainment for the onlookers. |
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Why did the romans back cartimandua but not Boudicca |
Boudicca was not in the bloodline of a client monarch, cartimandua was. |
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Roman - how were Women treated |
They were not equal and were to be controlled by a husband or their father. |
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Roman - What happened if soldiers lost a battle |
They were decimated - random lot - excecution |
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Roman - How would slaves that killed their masters be punished |
crucifixion |
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Anglo Saxon - what is wergild? |
'Eye for an Eye, payment for the damage done' |
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Anglo Saxon - What are Tithings? |
Groups of roughly 10 men, all over the age of 12, They raise the hue and cry when a criminal is seen |
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Anglo Saxon - what is the hue and cry |
A cry for all around to seek out the criminal and to help catch him, this worked well as everyone knew one another |
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Anglo Saxon - how were trials done? |
Local men and witnesses swore an oath and gave evidence Trial by ordeal was used when there is a lack of evidence |
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Anglo Saxon - How were laws different in early anglo saxon times? |
Blood feud - petty revenge back and forth for crimes committed No policing Wergilds |
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Anglo Saxon - Sanctuary |
If someone on the run from the law seized to knocker at a church, they could not be arrested. if they confessed and swore to leave the country they would be made to leave the country by a specific route, with an 'A' for abjured branded on them |
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what is the over mighty subject |
The stronger a king is, the fairer and more controlled his kingdom will be. |
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what is the benefit of clergy? |
Anyone who was a member of the church could seek trial in a special church court which was presided over by the local bishop. punishments here were often much lighter. A test was used by reading a verse of the bible to see if you where a church man, this became known as the 'neck verse' |
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Early Modern - What is Vagrancy |
the state of being a vagrant, meaning being unemployed, usually homeless. this was seen as a crime. this was often caused by high taxes |
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Early Modern - What is Heresy |
The State of being a heretic, this means having a different religion to that of the current monarch. punishment for heresy was usually being burnt alive |
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Early Modern - Who was Matthew Hopkins |
'Witchhunter general' one of the most famous witch hunters, from essex. |
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Early Modern - Why did people blame pestilence on Witchcraft |
People looked for someone to blame in times of hardship, spinsters and widows were easy targets as nobody cared about them. As travel increased the word of witchcraft spread much faster. Puritan preachers were preaching about witches and the evil that they caused |
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Early Modern - Why did the witch trials begin to decline |
Workhouses kept people out of poverty, reducing pestilence so they didn't have things to blame on the witches. Knowledge of the human body and science is growing, people begin to find rational explanations. scientific knowledge replaces superstition |
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Who were the main smugglers? |
Farm labourers who were out of work. most people were involved |
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When did poaching become illegal? |
The game act of 1671 |
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what is another interpretation of highwaymen? |
'Gentlemen Robbers' |
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Early Modern - what policing was used? |
Night watchmen Constables- normal villagers appointed for a year to help prevent and capture criminals |
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Early Modern - What increased in this period |
The amount of petty theft and the number of crimes that were punishable by the death penaulty |
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how long did transportation to Australia take? |
8 months |
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Why was the bloody code introduced |
It was felt that harsh punishment would discourage people from committing crime |
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Why was transportation introduced? |
It was a less harsh alternative to the bloody code and it would extend the british empire |
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Why was the police force introduced? |
fear of crime, Constables and night watchmen were ineffective, large urban areas saw new criminal threats. |
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Who introduced the police force and when? |
Sir. Robert Peel 1829 |
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When did the police perform well, boosting popularity |
the great exhibition |
