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Unless the person confessed or there was a witness to a crime finding a person guilty was very hard. Many crimes were also not recognized as a crime, but an accident. Murder was one of these that was often mistaken as an accident. Some people were also accused of crimes that were innocent and were found guilty of committing the crime they were accused of. Superstition ruled the world, so if a person was a little different, had a disability, or in someway not seen as "normal" they were often accused as having caused a suspected death or event.
One way to solve if the person was really guilty is called Ordeal by Water. What they would do is chain them to an iron ball and throw the victim into the sea. If the float, that meant he/she was guilty of the crime and if they sink it meant that he/she was innocent and would be saved.
Another is called Ordeal by Fire. They would boil an iron ball and give it to the victim. The victim would be bandaged and if 3 days later the blister is as big as a walnut it meant the victim was guilty.
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What kind of work were most people involved in during the middle ages?
During the Middle Ages, most people were farmers.
In the middle ages coments were considered potentous what does this mean?
"Portentous" means to foretells the future. If I said that a monkey would land on the moon I would be foretelling the future and if you believed me I would have a certain power to persuade you I am right. So, there were people in the middle ages who stated that something would happen and people believed them.
Who is in lower class in middle ages?
The serfs were the poorest people in the Middle Ages. In the Middle Ages there were also homeless people and abandoned children/women so they could be considered the poorest. They lived in the streets and would go to the rivers/coasts to pick up discarded items and garbage.
What is the difference between the Renaissance and middle ages?
the difference between the renaissance and the middle ages is that the middle ages was a time of survival and religious belives. During the middle ages people still believed in god. Also, there were many raids, and travel was not safe. People focused on getting enough food and survivng in the harsh way of life. The middle ages is known as the dark ages because of how harsh people lived. On the other hand the renaissance was of time of rebith, invention, and bring back the classic ways of the Greek and Roman ideas. People lived in luxury and enjoyed life unlike the people of the medival era, otherwise known as the middle ages.
What was the era before the dark ages?
The Renaissance time period came after the Dark Ages. ----- It seems most people who use the term Dark Ages are talking about the Early Middle Ages, which is a period from about 450 AD to 1000 AD. They call the following period the Middle Ages. Some people would have the Dark Ages coincide with the Age of Migration, from about 300 to 700, and this would mean it was followed by the second half of the Early Middle Ages, which began with a time called the Carolingian Renaissance. Other people would have the Dark Ages be equal to the entire Middle Ages, so it would be followed by the European Renaissance. I think most historians do not use the term Dark Ages.
What were doctors like in the Middle Ages?
they were like thAT THEY WERE not guilty of anything that people think that they were guilty of
In the middle ages how was someone found guilty?
In the middle ages, they used to cast lots in order to decide who was guilty in a situation. This method is also stated in the bible of how the people in the ship chose Jonah to jump out at a time of storm.
How long was the range that people lived in the middle ages?
In the middle ages, the average range that people would live to was about 30-40.
Where were people hanged in the Middle Ages?
For similar reasons they are hung today. They were found guilty of a capital crime or were victims of some form of terrorism.
Would someone in the middle ages have been able to point out Orion in the night sky?
People in the middle ages would have seen the same constellations that we do. Just like people who know the skies now can point out Orion, people of the middle ages who knew the skies would have been able to point out Orion.
Who punished people in the middle ages?
The 'Jack Stankovic' would punish people.
What did they write with in the Middle Ages?
mainly people couldn't read or write in the middle ages but those who could would use a quill pen
Would middle ages people be allowed to burp over the table?
no
What did people eat during the middle ages during weddings?
There are quite a few things that people during the middle ages would eat at a wedding. Meats of all kinds are included.
What people controlled the storeroom in the middle ages?
the people that would cook in the kitchen controlled the storeroom.
Did people have dogs in the middle ages?
well we are middle ages people! so how do we live with our animals?
Was the middle ages between medieval and ancient time?
Some people regard the Middle Ages as beginning when the ancient times ended. Others have the ancient times ending in the middle of the 5th century, and the Middle Ages starting in the 11th. According to the first of these, the time between the ancient times and the Middle Ages is called the Early Middle Ages, but the later usage would have it be called the Dark Ages.
