Bloody Code
What Bloody Code means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Bloody Code
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The period when the number of crimes carrying the death penalty increased significantly, making capital offences out of minor property crimes.
Topics that use Bloody Code
Related terms
- Authority and control
- Changing attitudes to punishment
- Community law enforcement
- Community responsibility
- Community versus state involvement
- Continuity and change
- Continuity and change over time
- Democratisation and state power
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