History GCSE
Forest Laws
What Forest Laws means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Forest Laws
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
These declared vast tracts of English woodland as royal forests, criminalising previously legal activities for peasants such as hunting deer, cutting wood or grazing animals.
Topics that use Forest Laws
- Option 10: c1000–c1500: Crime and punishment in medieval England - 1 Nature and changing definitions of criminal activity (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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