Crime&Punishment&Law+Facts+1-5

Back to Crime, Punishment, & Law  1. Travel and acting were a crime without a license. - This law ensured that the spread of disease was contained. It made sure that the poor did not travel from village from village.

2. One method of torture used in England called the Rack was used to get people to confess, or to get an accomplices name. -The rack was a means of stretching or dislocation. The wooden frame had a roller at each end and the feet were tied together at one end and the wrists at the other. The rollers were then spun in opposite directions stretching the body.



3. Elizabethan England was split into two classes, the nobility, and everyone else. The punishment in which you received was based on your class. The nobility usually became involved in crimes which were not shared by everyone else. -Crimes usually committed by the nobility included, blasphemy, murder, high treason, spying, rebellion, witchcraft and sedition.