I suppose that this could be debated, but I would argue
that the worst possible crime that someone could commit in these times would have been
the crime of regicide -- the killing of one's own
king.
Back in these days, the world was seen in very
hierarchical terms. People all had their appointed (by God) places in the world and
they were not supposed to try to get out of those places. On the top of the heap was
the king.
If you killed the king, you were upsetting the
whole order of the world. Not only that, you were upsetting a world order that had been
decreed by God. So that would be a very heinous crime -- much worse than something like
murdering a normal person.
We wouldn't think this way now
because we don't believe in such a hierarchical world, but back in these days, things
were much different.
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