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What happened if monks and nuns broke the law in medieval times?
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∙ 12y ago
Since monks and nuns were clergy (part of the Church hierarchy) they could not be tried in an ordinary civil court under the king's law. They were subject only to Canon Law, dispensed by bishops who could not impose the death penalty.
Punishments might include harsh beatings, transfer to a remote convent or monastery, seclusion and isolation from their own communities, or in severe cases expulsion into ordinary life outside the convent or monastery.
In many cases the offender was punished by his/her own head of community (Mother Abbess or Father Abbot) without the case ever going before a bishop. Many monasteries had punishment cells where offenders would be kept apart from their brothers/sisters until it was believed they had repented of their sins and promised to mend their ways. Prayers would be offered in their support and every effort was made to accept them back into the claustral life.
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King Arthur died
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if you stole a shilling you would haver your ears or hands cut off
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What is a medieval person?
A person who lived in medieval times.
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Monks were around for every single year of the Medieval Age. There were also monks in late Roman times, and there are still monks in modern times. Monks have been around for a good long while, and not all of them were Medieval. * The Medieval Age lasted from the 5th Century to the 15th.
What did the monks wear in the medieval times?
a Frock
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Monks lived in monateries.
Are there any more medieval monks living?
No, obviously. Medieval times ended hundreds of years ago and people, monks included just don't live that long.
Where did monks and nuns live in the medieval times?
Monks lived in an abbey or priory (headed by an Abbot or Prior); nuns lived in a nunnery or convent headed by an Abbess or Prioress.
What started the medieval times?
nothing it happened occasionally
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Pope Clergy monks Kings Nobles
What do monks doin the daytime in medieval times?
They attended Mass several times a day, cooked, cleaned, gardened, read and wrote out copies of books.
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PLAGUE! Wooohooo! And knights.
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King Arthur died
Did scribes get punished in the medieval times?
Rarely. Most of them were monks anyway. If one of them sucked at his job he was simply put to work in another field.
If a poor woman's husband died what happened to her in the Medieval times?
He died of want
