Early Modern Crime and Punishment

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Across
  1. 3. An increase in tax duties caused this crime.
  2. 5. These were still the most important local judges.
  3. 11. This crime was punished by being burnt at the stake.
  4. 12. Code This started in 1688 and hung thousands.
  5. 13. These people attacked travellers.
  6. 15. This movement encouraged new thinking.
  7. 16. This invention increased the circulation of information.
Down
  1. 1. This court was used by the monarchy to put powerful people on trial.
  2. 2. Poverty caused an increase in this crime.
  3. 4. Vagabonds were sent to these place to do hard labour.
  4. 6. A famous witch hunter.
  5. 7. First place convicts were transported to.
  6. 8. James I wrote this book about witches.
  7. 9. Matthew Hopkins accused mostly women of this crime.
  8. 10. These courts were abolished in 1641.
  9. 14. The 1605 Plotters attempted to commit this type of crime.