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Crime and Punishment in the Medieval times
In the Medieval period, various severe methods of punishment were employed to maintain order and discourage criminal behavior. These included the pillory, burning at the stake, the scold'
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Crime and Punishment in the Medieval times Why were people punished in the middle ages? Fines, shaming (being placed in stocks), mutilation (cutting off a part of the body), or death were the most common forms of medieval punishment. There were no police or anything back in the middle ages so
the law enforcement was in the hands of the community. People in the middle ages were sent to court and or punished
for small crimes even like gossiping or stealing, to serious crimes like murder. Different methods of punishment Scold’s Bridle Iron Chair Burning at the Stake The Breaking Wheel (Catherine Wheel) The Rack The Pillory Did trying to stop crimes by making people
scared of the punishment work? If there were no punishments to committing crimes, people
would be committing crimes everywhere you went The answer is yes, fear of punishment makes people less likely to commit the crime.
