Elizabeth Section 4 Flashcards
How many rooms did gentry houses usually have?
50
What made gentry houses expensive?
Glazed windows and decorated chimneys
What exotic things did the gentry eat?
Swan, pheasant, salmon, sugar, marzipan and expensive wine
How did the gentry earn money?
Rented out land
How many rooms did the average middling sort house have?
Around 10
How were middling sort’s houses not as expensive?
Single glazed windows and plain chimneys
What things did a typical middling sort eat?
Meat, fruit, bread and beer
What were the jobs of the middling sort include?
Merchants, small business owners or independent farmers
What was the typical house of the labouring poor?
One room which was plain
What did the labouring poor eat?
Bread
What did how much the labouring poor eat depend on?
How good the harvest was
What kind of society was Elizabethan society?
Patriarchal
What was forbidden by the church in terms of relationships?
Sex before marriage
What did the rule of no sex before marriage make people do?
Marry if they found out the woman was pregnant
What kind of marriage was forbidden by the church?
Homosexual marriage
What was the reason for families usually being quite small?
High levels of infant mortality
What did people not have with their wider family?
Strong bond
Who did Elizabethan people turn to if they needed help?
Their neighbours
What did Elizabeth’s reign begin to happen?
Rising levels of poverty
What percent of people lives in poverty?
30%
What were vagabonds?
Unemployed people
What did vagabonds do?
Search from town to town for work
What were the higher classes worried about with vagabonds?
If they commit crime or spread the plague
What was the increased amount of poverty caused by?
Population increase, inflation, failed harvests and sheep farming
What did Elizabeth blame for the reason of poverty?
Vagabonds
Why did blaming vagabonds not help the problem of poverty?
They didn’t actually make a difference so it just got worse
When was the poor law introduced?
1601
Who were the deserving poor?
People who physically couldn’t work
Who were the undeserving poor?
People who chose not to work
What was given to the deserving poor?
Benefits
Why did the poor law lead to more poverty?
It meant more take to pay for the benefits
