c1000-1066 Law Enforcement in Anglo Saxon England | Crime & Punishment | GCSE History Revision

preview_player
Показать описание
It’s c1000 and the way crimes are viewed is, unsurprisingly, based on Anglo-Saxon ideas about both justice and how society should be organised. The most notable of these beliefs are: that the role of the community in policing the behaviour of others is very important, that God is the final judge of guilt or innocence and that the status and position of different groups should be clear in the law.

#GCSEHistory #GCSERevision #CrimeAndPunishmentGCSE

Revision Notes:
- How crimes were viewed was based on Anglo-Saxon ideas about justice and how society should be organised

They believed:
- The role of the local community in policing the behaviour of others was very important
- That god was the final judge of innocence or guilt
- The status and position of different groups should be clear in law
- The role of the community in enforcing the law
- They believed it was the victim’s responsibility to seek justice
- But also that the community should play a part in delivering justice
- Being loyal to your community was seen as a duty
- By the 10th cent English shires were divided into smaller areas called hundreds
- Each hundred was divided into 10 tithings
- All the men (aged 12+) in a tithing were responsible for the behaviour of all the others
- One man from each hundred and one man from each tithing had to meet regularly with the king’s shire reeve (sheriff)
- Their role was to prevent crime, particularly cattle theft, in their communities
- When chasing a cattle thief a ‘hundredsman’ was entitled to take two ‘tithingmen’ with him
- These developments made the community increasingly important in Saxon law enforcement
- The community as a whole was also responsible for tracking down those suspected of crimes
- Anyone who witnessed a crime could raise a ‘hue and cry’ (a shout for help)
- Everyone who heard was expected to help chase and capture the suspects
- Taking Oaths
- Saxon justice relied heavily on religion when deciding guilt
- Oaths were an important way of proving innocence
- Hearings took place in public and the accused could swear their innocence under oath
- They could also call upon others in the community to support their claims as ‘oath helpers'
- In most cases the accused walked free
- Whilst it may seem ineffective, in small, tight-knit communities it would be very hard for a criminal to get away with a repeat offence
- If they were a repeat offender or had been caught red-handed, they weren’t given the option of swearing an oath of innocence
- Trial by Ordeal
- In cases where there wasn’t enough evidence to prove a person was guilty, the church had an important role
- The accused could be tried by the church authorities in a ‘trial by ordeal'
- It was a test of guilt in the eyes of god
- Inc trial by hot iron, hot water or cold water
- Trial by hot iron/water: heat used to burn one of the accused’s hands which was then bandaged, if healed well then god judged them to be innocent
- Cold water: accused thrown into water with their arms tied - if u floated u were guilty, sank innocent and were hauled up again
- This was because the water ‘accepted’ the innocent person as pure, whilst the guilty had been ‘rejected’ by it
- Christian thinking also had an influence on Saxon ideas about some punishments
- For some crimes, inc petty theft, the church advised maiming
- The belief was that, unlike execution, this type of punishment gave the criminal time to seek forgiveness from God

IMAGE ATTRIBUTIONS
0:12
"West Stow Anglo-Saxon village" by Midnightblueowl, licensed under CC-BY 3.0

0:17

0:30
Attribution: Jeff Tomlinson

0:59
Attribution: Jo Turner

1:06
Attribution: Ron Strutt

1:38
Attribution: Keith Evans

1:45
Attribution: User: (WT-shared) Nick at wts wikivoyage

3:06
Attribution: Peter Jordan

***---Social Media---***

*The information for this video was sourced from the Pearson Crime & Punishment GCSE history textbook & it is based around the specification for the the Pearson Edexcel 9-1 GCSE History
Рекомендации по теме
Комментарии
Автор

🚨CORRECTIONS 🚨:
✔︎ None so far! :)

Spotted a mistake in the video?
If you think you’ve spotted a mistake, leave a polite comment saying what you think is wrong and linking a legitimate source. I’ll check and if you’re right then I’ll add the correction to this pinned comment. :)
✘ I do not engage with corrections comments which are written rudely
✘ If you leave an essay full of corrections, I won’t check it because I have other, better things to do

Alonglongtimeago
Автор

I don't know if you still read the comments from old videos but I can't stress enough how cool your videos are and how much I learn from each of them. Thank you so much!!

JN_Collins
Автор

you legend!!!! I can’t express my gratitude man. You literally saved my life cuz I just had my history mock (which is rlly important bc it could get cancelled cuz of a certain COVID-19) and through your videos and structure helped, I practically breezed through the exam. You help save so many lives and I keep sending you to my friends for reference. Especially cuz you’re so funny and engaging.

Your videos help a lot of people~

thank you and ily

chuu_wu
Автор

what a coincidence that we’re studying this right now. finally, i have a funny, pocket vid for revision on this!

rydm
Автор

Thanks for these amazing videos!! My year 10 class always messes about and don’t do the work so I never understand much but these videos have made me learn so much.
There is one thing I’ve needed help with and it’s about the life of Thomas Cromwell and his relation to Oliver Cromwell... If you can could you make a video of that please?

lillylove
Автор

Just wanted to thank you, as your videos are a big help with revision. Ive been using your videos to make sure I still know some stuff about Anglo Saxon England. Because we've moved onto conflict and tension in Korea 1950-53.

ruebenm
Автор

I absolutely love your videos it's a fun and engaging way to learn and revise. By any chance could you do a video only focusing on the roles of the church through time please.

HalimahBegum-lrof
Автор

I love your videos😭 i have my history c + p mock tomorrow and your videos are saving me!!

Batman
Автор

Great video.
Thank you for making/posting it.

thekoneill
Автор

3:10 That's the test they'd do to see if someone's a witch

MythologywithMike
Автор

Only just found this but wow! I learned more from this than my actual teacher in class. Thank you.

Sleppy
Автор

Your videos are always so helpful, widh they were more popular

Автор

I’m starting out in my GCSE, and well, although I do learn stuff in class this helps out a lot in revision.

it also helps if I wanna learn other things haha

starbucksmenu
Автор

Nice historical survey of law. Fascinating.

zaklaw
Автор

Good luck for the university! That a big change in live :D

nicolash
Автор

Am I the only person who subscribed for the history and not to prepare for test?

mbathroom
Автор

I’m bingeing all your crime and punishment video at 2am I’ll see if this was a good idea later 😅

RizzyXD.
Автор

I did this last year! This was definitely my favorite topic - definitely not because reading fantasy gave me a lot of it already.

samfc
Автор

Did you ever end up making the final video in the Discovery of India playlist? Would be nice to complete it with the British Colonization :p

silentsoup
Автор

Hi I was wondering how you did the animation

tunebox-copyrightfreemusic