PUNISHMENT during the MIDDLE AGES

(5th to the late 15th centuries)

401 CE—500CE ------(1401—1500)
1. Roman custom of fine or exchange

2. Forfeiture of land and property

the word felony actually comes from the 12th century, whe the term
Felonia referred to a breach of faith with one’s feudal lord
3. Execution (Capital Punishment/Death
Penalty)
4. Mutilation (maiming)

Maiming, or mutilation which involves

the loss of, or incapacity to use, a bodily
member, is and has been practiced by
many societies with various cultural and
religious significance, and is also a
customary form of physical
punishment, especially applied on the
principle of an eye for an eye.
5. Banishment

6. Branding
In criminal law, branding with a hot iron
was a mode of punishment to remind
offenders of their status in life. Brand
marks were used in convicted criminals,
usually combined with other physical
punishment and public humiliation, and
were normally applied on a visible parts
of the body.
7. Flogging (also called
whipping or caning)
• a beating administered with a whip or rod,
with blows commonly directed to the
person's back. It was imposed as a form of
judicial punishment and as a means of
maintaining discipline in schools, prisons,
military forces, and private homes.
8. Iron maiden

a torture device, consisting of a solid

iron cabinet with a hinged front and
spike-covered interior, sufficiently tall to
enclose a human being.
9. The rack
• a torture device consisting of a
rectangular, usually wooden frame,
slightly raised from the ground,[1]
with a roller at one or both ends.
The victim's ankles are fastened to
one roller and the wrists are
chained to the other.
10. The tower of London
11. Pillory

is a device made of a wooden or metal framework

erected on a post, with holes for securing the
head and hands, formerly used for punishment by
public humiliation and often further physical
abuse.
12. Stocks
are feet restraining devices that were
used as a form of corporal
punishment and public humiliation.