lifestyles of rich and poor Flashcards
How were houses built from a birds eye view?
in an E or H shape, or symmetrical in pattern
What would wealthy elizabethans wear?
velvet, pearls, colour, jewelerry
Sumptuary Laws
These were laws that regulated what could be worn by different social classes.
Where were children of nobility taught?
Tutors at home
Where were boys from lesser gentry taught?
Grammar schools
What did a poor house look like?
One room, one story, haven’t changed since medieval times, filled with smoke and and open fire.
What time were the working days for tenant farmers and labourers?
5am to 5pm
factors of poverty
change in wool industry, bad harvest, inflation, war, rise in population, changes in farming
who did people believe spread disease
beggars
deserving poor
poor through no fault of their own and were therefore deserving of help
undeserving poor
these were the sturdy or able bodied beggars who could not be bothered to find work.
The more common term was vagabond.
clapperdudgeon
pretended to be ill by making artificial sores on their bodies, hoping for sympathy.
counterfeit cranks
pretended to be epileptic. They used soap to make themselves foam at the mouth.
abraham men
beggars who pretended to be mad, trying to get money through charity.
1572 Vagabonds Act
Harsh penalties were used to deter vagrancy. The death penalty was reintroduced
1576 Act for the Relief of the Poor
Houses of Correction were to be built in each county.
Those refusing to work would be sent there. People refusing to pay the poor rate were to be punished.
1598 Act for the Relief of the Poor
inhabitants had to pay a compulsory poor rate to support their poor.
Work was to be found for able-bodied men and women
1598 Act for the Punishment of Rogues
The death penalty was abolished, but anyone found begging was to be whipped and returned to their own parish.
1601 Poor Law
banned begging
almshouses
contribute or jail
nationwide poor rate
almshouse
Housing provided by charities for people (usually the elderly) who can no longer provide for themselves.
how much did nobles and lords make annualy
£6000 a year
long gallery
feature; entire length of the house, framed by windows and/or
fireplaces and portraits of the family.
Where were poor children educated
if lucky… parish schools to learn to read and write
How many estimated vagrants were there
10,000
