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
