What was the punishment for vagrancy in medieval times?

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2026-05-08 09:46

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Avagrant is a person, usually poor, who wanders from place to place without a home or regular work. In Medieval Europe this was considered a crime. From the 1530's this was punishable by getting whipped and from the 1540's were hung.

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