Crime and Punishment 8. Early Modern Crime

In the Early Modern period, attitudes to crime were very similar to those in the Middle Ages, however ____________ led to new definitions of crimes.

• poverty

• religion

• feudalism

• vagrancy

Under Henry VIII, which group was punished as criminals for heresy?

• Catholics

• Protestants

• Jews

• Puritans

Under Henry VIII, which group was punished as criminals for treason?

• Catholics

• Protestants

• Jews

• Puritans

Under Edward VI, which group was punished as criminals for heresy?

• Catholics

• Protestants

• Jews

• Puritans

Under Mary I, which group was punished as criminals for heresy?

• Catholics

• Protestants

• Jews

• Puritans

Elizabeth I introduced a religious settlement in 1559 that introduced several new laws about religion: The Act of Uniformity made it a legal requirement for

• all men to attend church on Sundays and holy days.

• All men and women to attend church on Sundays and holy days.

• Protestant men and women to attend church on Sundays and holy days.

• Catholic men and women to attend church on Sundays and holy days.

A recusant was someone who

• refused to swear an oath

• refused to obey the Queen

• refused to change their religious beliefs

• refused to swear an oath to the Pope

Vagabondage first became a crime in

• 1457

• 1547

• 1475

• 1574

Vagrancy was viewed as a

• religious crime

• social crime

• crime against authority

• crime against the person

Which law was introduced in 1542?

• Vagrancy Act

• Poor relief Act

• Game Act

• Witchcraft Act