1. Medieval Law

2. Ideas for Today
What similarities/differences can we see between the Canadian law system and Medieval law?
How were people tried back then? How were they determined innocent?
Have we adapted anything from Medieval times?

3. Brainstorm
How do you think our Canadian justice system is similar or different than the medieval justice system?

4. Innocent until proven guilty
Jury
lawyers
Prison/
community service
Supreme
Provincial
Federal
Innocent until proven guilty
Oath
No death penalty
Canadian Law

5. The Courts Manor Courts Royal courts Church Courts
Villagers dictated who won the case
Punished petty crimes/criminals
Serf’s could sue
Many disputes settled were to do with farming and property
Sentences were usually a fine
Assault, drunkenness, and theft charges
They used common law because it was the same for the whole kingdom
Serious crimes: murder, treason, rape, burglary
A major crime was cutting down wood from the royal forest
Only court to use death penalty
Judged Bishops, Deacons, Priests, Clerks, Monks, Nuns
Could not use the death penalty
A literacy test was used to prove a person worked for the Church
Normally gave lighter sentence

6. What are these pictures representing?

7. Is a Person Innocent? Trial By Battle Trial By Ordeal
Several varieties to see if a person was innocent
Swallow poison
Pull an object from burning hot oil
Walk over 9 red hot ploughs
Carry a piece of red hot iron for a certain distance
If the burn was infected-the person is guilty
Two nobles would fight
Often it was a fight to the death
Only noblemen had a right to trial by battle
If a noble woman was prosecuted, she would choose a nobleman to fight on her behalf.

8. A person that lived through or was not injured in the trial was innocent because...

9. GOD PROTECTED THEM!
God would help innocent people
Expose people to danger to see if God will protect them

10. Venn diagram Are the beliefs similar/different? How are people tried?
Structure-courts? Are they the same? Different?
Punishments?
Include as much information as you can!

11. Learning Logs
Question to think about: Have we adapted anything from the Medieval law system?
If you do not finish you learning log take it for homework.
Homework: Eleanor of Aquitaine pg 66, King John pg 67
REMEMBER TEST ON FRIDAY! Review class will be Wednesday and you will get a handout on the key topics and terms.

12. -trial by jury MAGNA CARTA Canadian Court System
Medieval Court System
- Manor, Royal and Church
- Trial by ordeal and battle
- Trial by compurgators
- Guilty until proven
innocent
- Proven innocent by God
- Social hierarchy played
key role
- Death penalty
Canadian Court System
- Innocent until proven guilty
- Supreme, federal and provincial
- overlapping case subjects between courts
- Judge
-Representation/Lawyers
- Prison/ community service sentences
- evidence
-trial by jury
Multiple courts
Swear oath on bible
Protects society
MAGNA CARTA