WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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 was no police force in the medieval period so law-enforcement was in the hands of the community.

Detailed explanation-2: -Punishment options included imprisonment, payment of fines or forfeiture of estate, and various corporal sanctions including whipping, stocks, pillory, branding or the removal of a body part such as a hand or foot, or capital punishment, normally by hanging, though certain crimes were punished by burning.

Detailed explanation-3: -The stocks tended to be used for less serious crimes throughout the middle ages. These included public drunkness and brawling. However, during the colonial period, the stocks were also used on escaped slaves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stocks and pillory These were used to punish people for crimes such as swearing or drunkenness. Criminals would sit or stand at a wooden frame and the local people would throw rotten food or even stones at them.

Detailed explanation-5: -Common crimes of the period included arson, poaching, petty theft, murder, stealing crops and rebellion. During the late medieval period, vagrancy, treason and heresy were also accounted. Corporal and capital punishments were used to deter individuals from committing crime.