impact of increasing literacy in the yeoman class;

Question 1

Humanist ideas:

Answer 1

emphasised education for all

Question 2

What was established for education?

Answer 2

Grammar schools

Question 3

Increase in Oxbridge students in 1550 to 1603:

Answer 3

1,150 ==> 2,000

Question 4

What did literacy rates among Yeomen class depend on?

Answer 4

varied across regions and social statuses

Question 5

Example of education varying across regions:

Answer 5

In 1530, illiteracy rates among yeomen were higher in the North compared to the Midlands, East, and South.

Question 6

Between 1580 and 1640, how many in Essex and Hertfordshire used a mark instead of a signature when signing documents?

Answer 6

33%

Question 7

Between 1561 - 1631 how many in Durham used a mark instead of a signature when signing documents?

Answer 7

73%

Question 8

Yeomen in governance:

Answer 8

They participated in the administration of the Poor Law and had voting rights in elections.

Question 9

Benefit of Yeomen in governance:

Answer 9

As yeomen became integrated into the political system, they were more likely to defend it rather than resort to rebellion, and they increasingly relied on the legal system to resolve disputes rather than resorting to violence.

Question 10

Oxfordshire riots and attempted riots of 1596:

Answer 10

were led by the poor rather than yeomen who had become part of the Elizabethan government system.