num_pages: 32
description: Rules and laws strictly governed people's lives in the Middle Ages. Failure to observe any law could lead to imprisonment, torture, or even death. Medieval Laws and Punishment details the laws that kept order, who was responsible for enforcing the law and carrying out punishments, and what would happen to people who took the law into their own hands. Topics include- laws for a family, children, and women- going to court- life in medieval prison- keepers of the law- fees, fines, and taxes- medieval punishments, including the stocks and pillory, being outlawed, and hangings
language: English
title: Medieval Law and Punishment
titlecomplete: Medieval Law and Punishment (Medieval World)
genres: History
ratings_count: 12
series: Medieval World
publisher: Crabtree