Origins of Treason in England
Gone Medieval
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Treason is the ultimate crime that can be committed against a monarch or a state. It's the act of becoming a traitor and it can carry the most gruesome of penalties in England. The law of treason in the medieval period in England centred on one document, the Treason Act. Parts of which are still on the statute books today nearly 700 years later. An incredible new exhibition at the National Archives in London runs until April 2023 - free to get into.
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