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14th-century executions (5 C, 25 P) M. 14th-century murderers (6 P) Pages in category "14th-century criminals" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
14th-century criminals (2 C, 9 P) Pages in category "14th-century crime" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
In Ancient Egypt a police force was created by the time of the Fifth Dynasty (25th – 24th century BC). The guards, chosen by kings and nobles from among the military and ex-military, were tasked with apprehending criminals and protecting caravans, public places and border forts before the creation of a standing army.
In France there were the Écorcheurs, or Skinners, in the 15th century, and the Chauffeurs around the time of the revolution. The first were large bands of discharged mercenary soldiers who pillaged the country. The second were ruffians who forced their victims to pay ransom by holding their feet in fires. [8]
14th-century mass murder (1 C) A. People assassinated in the 14th century (1 C, 27 P) M. 14th-century murderers (6 P) Pages in category "14th-century murder"
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The fourteenth-century legal system made accommodations for practices of vigilantism and retribution. Debts were often recovered using force, disputes resolved by duels, and judges were only involved when all other attempts at resolution had failed. The Folvilles were emboldened by finding themselves 'heroes of the revolution' (at least locally ...
As the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (the "Stationers' Company"), it continues to be a livery company in the 21st century. In Ireland Tadhg Ruadh mac Maelsechlainn O Cellaigh succeeds Conchobar an Abaidh mac Maelsechlainn O Cellaigh, as King of Hy-Many , in present-day counties Galway and Roscommon .