eliz Flashcards
What was the most influential title?
duke
when did elizabeth stop giving out titles of dukes and why?
1547-1572
somerset, suffolk,northumberland and northfolk met a bloody end
who came after dukes and what did they do
peerage
although small in number they upheld their prestige e.g they had massive building projects.
e.g burghley house built by lord burghley
Why didnt elizabeth build anything
too costly and focused on modifiying what her father built
what came after the peerage what did they do?
nobles
from influential knights such as christopher hatton to modest local landowners
what cam after gentry and what did they do?
County gentlemen and esquries
they had dominated local government through their work as JPs
they took on the burden of local office without recieving rewards
Did the gentry change in elizabeths reign?
Yes the size and wealth increased.
What increased between the rich and poor and why?
Rich and poor gap increased
Landed incomes increased a lot especially after 1570.
poorer people fell vulnerable to enclosure and decline in real wages
How much was the population by the end of elizabeths reign?
4 million
what was the population of london and did it see migration? What other cities were popular?
150,000 people
people had migrated from all parts of the country.
Norwich and Bristol were two other large cities.
How did a rise in population cause poverty
there was already low harvests and resources and this put a lot of pressure on it.
How much did the population increase? How much by? When? What did it cause?
40% in 1550-1600
It caused famine
How did illness cause poverty?
influezna and small pox
Elizabeth had caught small pox in 1562
in 1563 20% of londons population had been taken out by the plague
What was the problem with enclosure and what did Elizabeth do about it?
enclosure caused poverty in the countryside. The statue of artificers had placed an upper limit on wages of skilled workers.
Was this successful?
No their standard of living had fallen as a result of rising prices
Why was unemployment in towns made worse?When?
embargos on wool exports to netherlands. this was 1564-1580.
What was the definition of poor in tudor society? Give examples
A person who couldnt provide for themselves
very old , very young
blind and physically disabled
it also included those who fell in to poverty e.g if there were poor harvests and depression in the cloth trade
What was the percentage of those considered in poverty in towns in 1570?
25%
Why were the underserving poor seen as bad?
They were a threat to social disorder
Who were considered the undersving poor
sailors , soliders (feared because they were armed )
migrators
villians who made a living out of crime
What was introuced in 1576?
Poor law 1576- it was created a 3rd category of poor called the deserving able bodied poor. this meant if the poor worked they would be given poor relief
What was the act of 1563?
allowed the old tradition of whipping able bodied beggars.
What was the act of 1572?
The act for the punishment of vagabonds and the relief of poor people.
it meant all vagabonds over the age of 14 were to be whipped and burned through the right ear until an honest person had taken them into a domestic service. It was the harshest rule. If you were caught a second time then arrested and more times meant you were executed
it also included that the child of a convicted vagabond were placed under domestic service
When was the execution punishment removed?
1593
