Statute of Treasons

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:amended_by Treason Act 1570
gptkbp:applies_to subjects of the realm
gptkbp:consequences influenced future treason laws
gptkbp:date_enacted 1351
gptkbp:defined_acts_of_treason adhering to the king's enemies
counterfeiting the king's great seal
killing the king
levying war against the king
making false claims to the throne
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established_punishments_for death penalty
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Wars_of_the_Roses
gptkb:Hundred_Years'_War
gptkbp:historical_significance foundation for modern treason laws
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Statute of Treasons
gptkbp:influenced_by common law
political climate of the time
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:England_and_Wales
gptkbp:legal_status gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:notable_amendments gptkb:Treason_Act_1795
gptkb:Treason_Act_1861
gptkb:Treason_Act_1571
Treason Act 1352
gptkbp:notable_case gptkb:Thomas_More
gptkb:Anne_Boleyn
gptkb:William_Wallace
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:legal_reforms
gptkb:local_government
civil rights
legal precedents
political dissent
treason
royal authority
British legal system
judicial proceedings
legal history
high treason
historical trials
treason trials
executions for treason
historical punishments
historical treason cases
legal definitions of treason
petty treason
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Statute_Law_Revision_Act_1863
gptkbp:significance defined treason in England
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Duke_Richard_II_of_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8