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There were doubtless occasions when priests were put in the stocks, but I would imagine they were the exception and this very seldom happened.
Priests were members of clergy. The legal system of the Middle Ages included what was called "benefit of clergy," which provided for clergy to be tried by ecclesiastical courts when they were accused of crimes. Ecclesiastical courts were prohibited from using corporal punishments on several occasions by the popes (a sign it happened from time to time).
Benefit of clergy, by the way, did not only apply to priests, but to all clerics. Today we is envision this as including monks and nuns, but this vision is incomplete. It was rather hard to determine who was a member of the clergy and who was not, so the question was put to a test to determine whether a person qualified, and the test was whether a person was literate to the point of being able to read the 51st Psalm. Under this system, all literate people were clergy, and this included a large number of students, members of nobility, merchants, poets, troubadours, and any scoundrels who had memorized the 51st Psalm.
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What was the most common form of medieval torture?
You would get put in the stocks or you would get hung.
When were medieval stocks invented?
Fred hendricks
How did medieval priests dress?
Medieval priests dressed in cloaks with crosses on the front, always thinking of Jesus Christ.
Where did people get punished in medieval England?
In the stocks.
What would you see in a medieval town?
Stocks.
What education did medieval priests have?
they had to read and write
How old did medieval priests have to be?
they have to be in training for about 5 years. medival priests don't have a specific age.
What priests wore in medieval times?
they wore robes
What was the punishment for drinking in medieval times?
the answer is that they placed them in the village stocks.
Did priests in Medieval times have beards?
Some had beards, some did not.
How where medieval priests treated?
They were treated with respect and it was illegal to hang a priest.
In the medieval time why did the priests use images and not words?
In the Medieval Era the only people who were educated enough to read were royalty, priests, and scholars. There was no way to produce mass books then and that kept the common people illiterate.
