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Crime And Punishment System: Life In The Medieval Ages

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Life in the medieval ages was extremely harsh and brutal. It was even worse if you were a woman. As the crime and punishment system was already merciless and cut-throught it was even harder if you were a woman. This is because there were some laws that only apply dt women. Such as; you could be burned at the stake for witchcraft. Everyday people lived in fear that if they did even the smallest thing they could get in a serious amount of trouble. While something that would now get you a slap on the rist could make it so you don't even have a risk anymore! Women could get in trouble for gossiping. They could be sentenced to execution by drowning. There wasn't much a normal person could do to change the way the government worked at his time because

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