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Crime And Punishment Of The Middle Ages

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The Medieval period began at the downfall of the Roman empire and ended with the start of the renaissance era. Medieval society experienced some major changes as well as continuity, this can be seen in the law and punishment of the middle ages, specifically determination of guilt and innocence and types of punishments.
Over the course of the middle ages determination of guilt and innocence experienced some changes, but not everything changed as some trials continued throughout the whole of the middle ages. Some of the changes were put into place because of a document called the Magna Carta which stated the ‘No Freeman shall be seized or imprisoned… by the lawful judgement or by the law of the land…’ Claire Breay and Julian Harrison 2014, meaning
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