Lesson 1
1 Crime and punishment in medieval England: Nature and changing definitions of criminal activity Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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Which type of medieval offence is poaching commonly classified as?
- A forest offence
- A property crime
- A social crime
- An authority crime
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Which ruler's Forest Laws created new hunting offences after the Norman Conquest?
- King John
- Henry II
- Edward the Confessor
- William I
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What specific type of offence was killing a deer in a royal forest after 1066?
- Forest law offence
- Common theft
- Disturbing the peace
- Petty treason
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Which medieval offence was classified specifically as a crime against authority?
- Vagrancy
- Poaching
- Treason
- Smuggling
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Which offence counts as a crime against the person in medieval England?
- Burglary
- Poaching
- Murder
- Sedition
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Which major factor changed what counted as crime in England immediately after 1066?
- Church courts
- Royal forest laws
- Wergild fines
- Town charters
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Which medieval offence is classified as a crime against property?
- Poaching deer
- Plotting rebellion
- Heresy against church
- Arson of a barn
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Refusing to pay royal taxes and defying the sheriff is what type of crime?
- Crime against authority
- Crime against property
- A petty offence
- A social crime
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Which medieval offence did rulers treat as the most serious challenge to the crown?
- Poaching
- Smuggling
- Vagrancy
- Treason
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What best defines a social crime in medieval England?
- Locally tolerated offences
- Clerical heresy
- State treason
- Royal tax evasion
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Whose interests were new Norman criminal offences mainly designed to protect?
- The church
- The monarch
- Local barons
- Peasant farmers
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Stealing food from a manor's stores in medieval England is an example of what?
- Crime against property
- A forest offence
- Heretical crime
- Crime against authority
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Which term describes illegal behaviour widely accepted by local communities?
- Social crime
- Royal offence
- Clerical heresy
- Capital felony
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What did royal forest law restrict for villagers?
- Land and game
- Town trading
- Church attendance
- Crop growing
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Which development best shows changing definitions of crime in medieval England?
- Factory act regulations
- Computer hacking laws
- Speeding ticket fines
- New forest offences
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Refusing to answer a royal summons is best classed as which kind of offence?
- Against authority
- Against the Church
- Against property
- Against the person
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Why did medieval kings severely punish offences committed in royal forests?
- Church taxes
- Town borders
- Royal resources
- Public safety
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Which medieval crime would most likely be punished with a fine rather than execution?
- Treason
- Minor theft
- Heresy
- Murder of a lord
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What factor is most closely linked to changing medieval definitions of crime?
- Industrial machinery
- Shifting royal priorities
- Parliamentary elections
- Modern police forces
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Under which category was treason classified in medieval England?
- Petty larceny
- Social crime
- Minor misdemeanour
- Crime against authority
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