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Explain one way in which punishment in the Anglo-Saxon period (before 1066) was similar to punishment in the later Medieval period.

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The church had its own courts and a different system of punishment. The Anglo-Saxons didn't have prisons. Most people found guilty of crimes were punished with fines.

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Trial by ordeal

Walking at least nine feet on hot coals.

Putting your handing boiling water to retrieve a stone.

Picking up a red hot iron.

Step-by-step explanation:

The church had its own courts and a different system of punishment. The Anglo-Saxons didn't have prisons. Most people found guilty of crimes were punished with fines.

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Trial by ordeal

Walking at least nine feet on hot coals.

Putting your handing boiling water to retrieve a stone.

Picking up a red hot iron.

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