Normans

Question 1

methods that remained

Answer 1

tithings + hue and cry

Question 2

murdrum fine

Answer 2

anglo-saxons would fight back against normans and would be fined if they killed one

Question 3

forest laws

Answer 3

• considered a social crime
• people couldn’t cut trees, own a dog or a bow and arrow
• they would have 2 fingers chopped off if they were caught

Question 4

trial by combat

Answer 4

accuser vs accused, loser considered to be forsaken by god

Question 5

courts

Answer 5

official language changed to norman-french so that anglo-saxon’s couldn’t understand the law and therefore couldn’t change it

Question 6

fines

Answer 6

paid to the king’s officials instead of victim

Question 7

women’s rights

Answer 7

women were now treated equally to men

Question 8

church courts

Answer 8

church could try it’s own men on more moral crimes