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GCSE History · key term
A punishment requiring an offender to pay money.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Paper 1
Revise: Nature and Types of Punishment in Medieval EnglandA fine was a monetary punishment. Fines allowed wrongdoing to be punished without injuring or executing the offender. Who received the money mattered: a payment to a victim provided compensation, while a payment to the king reinforced royal authority.
Paper 1
Money an offender is ordered to pay as a penalty.
Revise: Punishing offendersFines were common for less serious offences.
Distinguish the aim from the method: deterrence and retribution are aims; fines, corporal punishment and capital punishment are methods.
For a comparison, give linked details from both periods: Anglo-Saxon wergild compensated victims or their families, whereas Norman fines went to the king.
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