Elizabethan crime and punishment

1. Elizabethan Crime Elizabethan Crime
and Punishmentand Punishment
Presented By:
Arturo Aguilar
Casey Bailey
Kyesha Caver
Brittney Tylor
Jeamy Vazquez

2. ClassesClasses
Split into two classes~ Upper &Lower classSplit into two classes~ Upper &Lower class
The Upper class The Lower ClassThe Upper class The Lower Class
* well educated *Everyone else * well educated *Everyone else

*wealthy *wealthy
*associated with Royalty*associated with Royalty

3. Instruments of torture During Instruments of torture During
the the
Elizabethan EraElizabethan Era
*During this era different instruments *During this era different instruments
were used in order to get confessions out were used in order to get confessions out
of citizens. of citizens.
*This includes women*This includes women
*The highest nobles were exempt from *The highest nobles were exempt from
torturetorture

4. Instruments of TortureInstruments of Torture
The RackThe Rack

5. The Scavenger’s DaughterThe Scavenger’s Daughter

6. The collarThe collar

7. The Iron MaidenThe Iron Maiden

8. Branding IronBranding Iron

9. Crimes for NobilityCrimes for Nobility

10. High TreasonHigh Treason

11. BlasphemyBlasphemy

12. SeditionSedition

13. AlchemyAlchemy

14. The CommonersThe Commoners
Crime and PunishmentCrime and Punishment
*The Pillory and the Stocks
*Branding
*Pressing
*Ducking stools
*The Wheel
*Boiling in oil water or lead (usually reserved for prisoners
)
*Cutting off various items of the anatomy - hands, ears etc
*The Gossip's Bridle or the Brank

15. Works CitedWorks Cited
"Elizabethan Crime and Punishment." ELIZABETHAN ERA. Web. 06 Jan. 2011.
<http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-crime-and-
punishment.htm>.