THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIME IN EARLY ENGLISH SOCIETY.
In: Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology & Police Science, Jg. 47 (1957-03-01), Heft 6, S. 647-666
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This article traces the development of crime and criminal law in England from 400 A.D. to 1200 A.D. The earliest settlers of Britain were the Iberians and the Celts. These people were organized along tribal lines, and there is no evidence of a social structure other than the tribal structure. They were bound together by the legal and sentimental ties of kinship as the moral basis of society. Trevelyan estimates that the Celts and Iberians were in the iron age. Agricultural practices were very crude. Pigs and cattle were kept as a part of their economic life, along with hunting, fishing, herding, weaving, and metal work. Between 55 B.C. and 400 A.D. the Romans occupied Britain, but for the exception of roads, walls, and town sites the Romans never did Latinize the Celts. Celtic tribalism still survived beyond the city walls. The change that was taking place in English social structure has been characterized as disintegrating tribalism. But even before the migrations to Britain, tribalism was yielding to individualism, and kinship was being replaced by the personal relation of warrior to his chief, which is the basis of aristocracy and feudalism. The feudal system began in England with the invasions. The conquering warriors were granted land by their chiefs as a reward for military service. The land settlement pattern was mixed, that is, it included both military and family units. The granting of land to a follower by a chief was called a beneficium or benefit. The recipient of the land was able to cultivate it for his own use, to use it as a benefit free from obliga-tions of service and taxation.
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIME IN EARLY ENGLISH SOCIETY.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Jeffery, Clarence Ray |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology & Police Science, Jg. 47 (1957-03-01), Heft 6, S. 647-666 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1957 |
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ISSN: | 0022-0205 (print) |
DOI: | 10.2307/1140057 |
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