n land socio ecomonics Flashcards
situation
-county was simmering after uprisings
-people were unsettled after quick transferral of power from ss to n land
n lands actions (good)
-repealed sheep tax laws and the unpopular vagrancy act 1547
-new treason act enforced censorship and gave authority power to enforce law and order
-poor law 1552 allows for aged/crippled to receive support from clergy
-reevaluation of coin halted inflation and reduced prices
n lands actions (bad)
-new vagrancy act because n land was anxious that vagrants would start riots
-vagrants had 3 days to find work or they’d be branded and sold into slavery
-their children were taken from them and put into work
-law was unpopular and local authorities didn’t enforce it