PUNISHMENT AND PUNISHMENT IN THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE TERRITORY OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Abstract

The intention of this paper is to provide an insight into the history of alternative punishments. It examines punishment in the territories of Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia, tracing the historical development of punishment in Slovakia throughout history. It introduces the concept of ordalia as a form of medieval punishment in Hungary and the subsequent abandonment of the harshest forms of punishment. The article examines forms of punishment in the Czechoslovak Republic following the Second World War.