death or jail punishment
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Yes, spanking is a good punishment for pre-teens around the ages of twelve to fourteen
People of all ages were killed.
All ages were killed.
Wolf's head is when anyone can kill you when they see you, because someone said you did something bad and if you killed that person you would have a reward.
It is unknown which person invented it. Bludgeoning somone to death as a punishment probably is as old as human civilization; as an institutionalized punishment it dates back to the Middle Ages and was mostly used for very serious crimes and for high treason. Certainly after the 17th century most countries that then still applied the wheel as a form of punishment, had the criminal stangled or otherwise killed before his body was broken.
During the Middle Ages, the pope issued a bull which banned the use of torture for getting confessions or punishment. To the best of my knowledge, it was never actually sanctioned prior to that time either. The idea of used of physical punishment to gain forgiveness might have arisen for the punishment of heretics and witches in the Late Middle Ages, and might have been accepted on a widespread basis as the Renaissance went into the witch hysteria, but that was mostly after the Middle Ages.
There was not a punishment for begging in the Middle Ages. There were however punishments for crimes such as stealing, murder, and treason.
Church Law in the Middle Ages dictated the a marriage could only be entered into on a voluntary basis. So no judge would ever sentence a person for refusing to marry someone else. Angry and disappointed fathers was of course another story.
It killed people. Which is what it always does.
Well, in the middle ages, it was mostly unheard of to kill your self. If one did there was probably no punishment since suicide was not a major concern of the state during the middle ages.
Yes it does. If you were a Lord or the lord's officials you were most likely exempted from punishment. But say you were of the poorest class your punishment would be extremely worse just because you were poor