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Notes for Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0), in four folders for the thematic studies with their historic environments, the British depth studies, the period studies and the modern depth studies. Every option has its own folder, with a note for each period or key topic in the order the course teaches it. Delete the option folders your course does not take.

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  • Thematic studies and historic environments
    • Crime and punishment in Britain
      • Crime and punishment in medieval England, c1000-c15006 KB
      • Crime and punishment in early modern England, c1500-c17007 KB
      • Crime and punishment in Britain, c1700-c19007 KB
      • Crime and punishment in modern Britain, c1900 to the present7 KB
      • Whitechapel, c1870-c1900: housing, poverty and migration5 KB
      • Whitechapel, c1870-c1900: policing, the Ripper and the Vigilance Committee5 KB
    • Medicine in Britain
      • Medicine in medieval England, c1250-c15005 KB
      • The Medical Renaissance in England, c1500-c17005 KB
      • Medicine in Britain, c1700-c19008 KB
      • Medicine in modern Britain, c1900 to the present7 KB
      • The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18: the trenches, wounds and conditions5 KB
      • The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18: treating the wounded6 KB
    • Warfare and British society
      • Medieval warfare and English society, c1250-c15006 KB
      • Warfare and English society in the early modern period, c1500-c17005 KB
      • Warfare and British society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries6 KB
      • Warfare and British society in the modern era, c1900 to the present8 KB
      • London and the Second World War, 1939-45: the context and the attacks5 KB
      • London and the Second World War, 1939-45: response, propaganda and sources4 KB
    • Migrants in Britain
      • Migration to medieval England, c800-c15005 KB
      • Migration to early modern England, c1500-c17006 KB
      • Migration to Britain, c1700-c19006 KB
      • Migration to modern Britain, c1900 to the present7 KB
      • Notting Hill, c1948-c1970: Caribbean settlement, housing and culture4 KB
      • Notting Hill, c1948-c1970: racism, policing, activism and sources5 KB
  • British depth studies
    • Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-88
      • Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, 1060-666 KB
      • William I in power: securing the kingdom, 1066-876 KB
      • Norman England, 1066-88: feudalism, the Church, government and the succession7 KB
    • Richard I and John, 1189-1216
      • Life and government in England under Richard I and John, 1189-12167 KB
      • Richard I and John overseas: the Third Crusade and the loss of Normandy, 1189-12046 KB
      • King John's downfall, 1205-167 KB
    • Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509-40
      • Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey, 1509-296 KB
      • Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell, 1529-406 KB
      • The English Reformation under Henry VIII, 1529-407 KB
    • Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88
      • Elizabeth I: the queen, government and religion, 1558-697 KB
      • Elizabeth I: plots and revolts at home, 1569-875 KB
      • Elizabeth I and Spain: privateering, war and the Armada, 1568-885 KB
      • Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558-887 KB
  • Period studies
    • Spain and the New World, c1490-c1555
      • Spain reaches the Americas, c1490-15126 KB
      • The conquistadors and the conquest of Mexico, 1513-c15286 KB
      • The Spanish Empire: Peru and the New World's impact on Spain, c1528-c15556 KB
    • British America, 1713-83
      • British settlement in North America, 1713-417 KB
      • British America: religious revival, war and its aftermath, 1742-646 KB
      • British America: the road to independence and the War of Independence, 1765-837 KB
    • The American West, c1835-c1895
      • The American West: the Plains peoples and early settlement, c1835-c18627 KB
      • The American West: railroads, homesteaders, cattle and the Plains peoples, c1862-c18767 KB
      • The American West: farming, ranching, lawmen and the end of Plains life, c1876-c18956 KB
    • Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91
      • The origins of the Cold War, 1941-587 KB
      • Cold War crises, 1958-706 KB
      • The end of the Cold War, 1970-916 KB
    • Conflict in the Middle East, 1945-95
      • The birth of the state of Israel, 1945-636 KB
      • The Arab-Israeli conflict escalates, 1964-736 KB
      • Attempts at a solution in the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1974-957 KB
  • Modern depth studies
    • Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-41
      • Russia in 1917: the February and October revolutions6 KB
      • The Bolsheviks in power, 1917-248 KB
      • Stalin's rise to power and dictatorship, 1924-418 KB
      • The Soviet Union under Stalin: economic and social change, 1924-418 KB
    • Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
      • The Weimar Republic, 1918-297 KB
      • Hitler's rise to power, 1919-337 KB
      • Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933-398 KB
      • Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-397 KB
    • Mao's China, 1945-76
      • Establishing communist rule in China, 1945-596 KB
      • Economic policy in Mao's China, 1949-657 KB
      • The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966-766 KB
      • Life in Mao's China, 1949-767 KB
    • The USA, 1954-75
      • The USA: the development of the civil rights movement, 1954-607 KB
      • The USA: protest, progress and radicalism in the civil rights movement, 1960-759 KB
      • US involvement in the Vietnam War, 1954-737 KB
      • Reactions to US involvement in Vietnam and the end of the war, 1964-757 KB

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Thematic studies and historic environments / Crime and punishment in Britain / Crime and punishment in medieval England, c1000-c1500

## The nature of crime Medieval England recognised three broad kinds of crime. Crimes against the person included murder, manslaughter and assault. Crimes against property included theft, burglary and arson. Crimes against authority were offences against the king or the state, the most serious being treason, and rebellion against the king's rule. Some offences were treated differently by the people who committed them than by the law. **Poaching**, hunting animals such as deer or rabbits on land owned by the king or a lord, is the usual example of a **social crime**: an act the law punished but that many communities did not regard as wrong. A peasant who took a rabbit was feeding a family, and the animals could not easily be said to belong to anyone, so a villager who poached was rarely shunned by neighbours. ### Changing definitions after the Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest of 1066 changed what counted as a crime. William I set aside large areas as royal forests, and the **Forest Laws** governed them. Hunting the king's deer, cutting down trees or clearing land in the forest became offences, even where villagers had used that land for generations. Penalties were severe and could include mutilation and, for the worst offences, death. Poaching therefore changed from a minor wrong into a serious crime, which shows how a new ruler's interests could redefine criminal activity. The Normans also introduced the murdrum fine, a payment demanded from a local community when a…

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