major+laws

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= = = 1. Questions (I wonder...?) =
 * I wonder if there were any major laws?
 * I wonder what the laws were?
 * I wonder how many major laws there were?
 * I wonder if they helped or hurt people?
 * I wonder if there were different laws for people who are not from there or have just entered Europe?

= = = 2. Inferences (I think that...because....) =
 * I think that the laws would help people because the people of Europe in the middle ages, people would have maybe attacked the king if he was making bad and dangerous laws.
 * I think that most laws in the middle ages were ment to protect the king from harm.

= 3. Resources = @http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-ages-justice-law.htm
 * [|Laws in Middle Ages]
 * [|Salic laws]
 * Crime and punishment
 * [|Laws in order]

= = = 4. Summary = While reaserching major laws in the middle ages, I have learned that laws were mainly about paying fines or going to jail. An example would be if a person stole something worth 2 denars, he would be sentenced to 15 shillings, which is almost half a years work of money! Next, I learned that if people die in a family, the next person would inherit the land, money, and other valuables that the person who died had. Another example would be if the father of a family died, his belongings would be past to his wife if she wasn't dead. Lastly, I learned that bulls were protected by the law from peoplestealing them or killing the bulls. Third, example would be if a man were to steal a bull, he would be setenced to 15 shillings. In conclusion I learned that most laws were takin seriously and had large charges to pay if any were broken.

= = = 5. References = Cranny, Michael William. "Pathways,Civilizations through Time." Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice Hall. 1998 Picture of a criminal being tested on the poison test to see if hes guilty or innocent. @http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/middleages/law/law.html