Crime And Punishment In Medieval Times

In the medieval times, there was a different way of penalizing someone when they did wrong in the eyes of the law or religious guidelines. Many different groups of people (Islamic, Buddhists, Babylonians, etc.) have had different views on how a person should be punished, such as how severe the punishment is in accordance to the breaking of the rules. Some works that have been read this semester that exhibit the views of a group of people on punishment would include: The Code of Hammurabi, Confucious, The Book of Leviticus, the Qu ‘ran, Hrafenkel, the Declaration of the rights of man, and the English Bill of Rights. The Code of Hammurabi states the code of laws for the Babylonians in 1780 B.C. Of the almost 100 laws looked at in class, about ¼ of them end in physical punishment (if not death) of a sort. Most of the acting punishments that don’t require a payment involve someone being pushed into the water or just being sentenced to death while other punishments that just inflict pain could be anything from an eye being taken out or even one’s bone being broken. This common theme of punishment can be clearly seen in this excerpt, which exhibits what today’s

In the Declaration of the Rights of Man from France, it gives a clear outline of what these people think that every person’s rights are. This is something that is not as clearly defined in other readings that have been approached but is equally as important because if one does not clearly know what is just and right by definition then who is to say they know what equal punishment is for such a crime. The English Bill of Rights is another document that clearly outlines the rights of the people as subjects to one ruler. It is important to look at different time periods and different regions throughout the world to get a better understanding of the background of the laws that can be seen