How Eavesdropping Was Punished in Medieval Times
When mass live together in small biotic community they can be a great source of comfort and support to each other — but they can also really get on each other ’s nerve . Every community must figure out the good means to keep conflict to a lower limit . In the former middle historic period , English Greenwich Village court tried to wield labyrinthine sense by imposing penalty for eavesdropping , scolding , and noctivagation ( aimless Nox wandering ) , three offense , as Marjorie McIntosh explains in her bookControlling Misbehaviour in England , 1370 - 1600 , " often say in local disc to be prejudicial to local harmony , goodwill , and peaceable relations between neighbors ....