History (Elizabethan Education) Flashcards
Did schools back then have a curriculum?
No! Curriculum wasn’t official and there wasn’t any age groups, meaning toddlers and teenagers could be in the same class.
What were the two main universities in England at the time?
Oxford and Cambridge University
What is the name of the school that only girls can go to?
Dame School
What is the name of the school that only boys can go to?
Grammar schools
What is vagabondage?
Someone who wanders place to place and has no job or home.
What were the causes of increased poverty?
1) Population increase
2) Inflation
3) Falling wages
4) Enclosure of land
5) Increase in sheep farming
6) Religious changes
What is the deserving poor?
The poor that can’t physically work due to old age, or physical disability. The ones that deserve help
What is the undeserving/idle poor?
The poor that is poor because of their own actions like lazyness, lack of effort and discipline. The ones that don’t deserve help
What was the Poor Relief Act of 1601?
A system designed to financially support the poor.
What was the poor rate?
Local tax, and the funds were used to support the poor.
What was the Vagabond act in 1572?
Addressed vagrancy and poverty. Local tax to support the poor through workhouses. The idle poor on the other hand, was harshly punished.
What was the Poor relief act in 1576?
Local tax to help the poor. Was used to distinguish the idle and deserving poor, influencing how aid was being distributed.
