Punishment for crimes was generally more severe in the 17th century than it is today. Stealing, for instance, could land a person in prison for 15 years. Murder was almost followed by an almost immediate hanging.
Cardinal Richelieu of France in the 17th century.
1618 lasting through the seventeenth century
the colony of Georgia was founded in the seventeenth century
a drain on Spanish resources.
it's scarcity of women
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I thought the seventeenth century was the 1600's??
The same as punishment has always been used for. As a deterrent - to punish - and to rehabilitate.
Seventeenth Century (17th)
No, but almost. The Seventeenth century is 1601 to 1700. The 1600s are 1600 to 1699.
the seventeenth
The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century was created in 1867.
The Netherlands began to colonize Indonesia in the early seventeenth century.
intentional act against legal parameters is crime. punishment do not define crime.
The Esperanto words for crime and punishment are krimo and puno.
He died in the seventeenth century, in 1616.
Do you mean now, in the 21st Century? It is not an appropriate punishment for any crime at any time. Capital punishment is practiced by some nations and this is controversial enough. Quartering is utterly barbaric.