CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Assizes, Bloody Code, Criminal Law Of Canada
1 Mar 2017
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>king had ultimate power (specific era king harold) William of normandy won battle over king harold. >lords (power/owned the land) and serfs (slaves/peasants/worked on the land) - they could not do anything without their lord"s permission. >the power to rule land freely, with no laws or legally-organized direct opposition in force. >local autonomy taken away in exchange for peace and safety. The idea that those in power were authorized to rule directly from god. Those who go against the king, are going against god. >it became sinful for subjects to questions/ resist monarch. If someone opposed what the monarch had to say, you could be charged with: Was a form of social control, could be punished in the name of god if the king didn"t like something that was going on. People at the top stayed at the top, and the people at the bottom stayed at the bottom.
