Abstract:
In the present study, we set out to analyze the crimes against the state from the perspective of medieval law. The Romanian legal sources from the 17th century classify the crimes against the state as the most serious. The gravity of these violations is determined by the danger they posed to the independence of the state. The study shows that the betrayal of the Lord - the owner of the ruling institution - was associated with the crime against the state, because the clauses of the feudal contract were violated. Any actions against the life, activity and honor of the Lord were qualified as serious offenses and punishable by death. From the register of crimes against the state were also analyzed: coin counterfeiting, forgery of documents and false oath.
