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Starter:

• In pairs, study the image in front of you. Work as detectives to answer the four questions in your books.

 Key words: heresy / Bloody Code / fanaticism / martyrdom / Vagabonds

Why did punishments become so harsh in the Early a Modern Period?

LO’s: • To identify and explain the significance of major religious, political and social changes • To evaluate how and why punishments became so harsh during the Early Modern period

Why did punishments become so harsh in the Early a Modern Period?

• The early modern period was • The number of 'minor the beginning of a shift in crimes' punishable by power and politics from the death rose gradually monarch to rich landowners from the 1600s – this is in Parliament. known as the Bloody Code • In 1688, these rich landowners made sure they had the • At times, this happened power to make new laws. quickly – e.g. In 1723, 50 new capital crimes were • Do you notice a change in added in the Black Act the 1700s?

Why did punishments become so harsh in the Early a Modern Period? ď € Your task: create a spider diagram on the Five Factors below. Use the cards to add notes to the appropriate section explaining how these factors helped increase the number of capital offences.

Belief, attitudes and values

Wealth and poverty

Urbanisation

Why did punishments become so harsh in the Early a Modern Period?

Government Communications

 Using a highlighter/light coloured pencil and a ruler, draw links between any factors that affect one another. Explain the connection across the line.

 Key words: heresy / Bloody Code / fanaticism / martyrdom / Vagabonds

Plenary: Why did punishments become so harsh in the Early a Modern Period?

Rank the five factors in order of least (1) to most (5) significant in reasons why there was an increase in the number of capital offences in the Early Modern Period.

Write a sentence explaining your most significant choice.  Give a balanced argument by explaining why you didn’t put your 4th choice at the top.