Poverty in Elizabethan England Flashcards
Two points about population growth
Population grew to 150000
Resulted in inflation
Two reasons food prices were rising (inflation)
Growing population
Bad harvests
Two reasons why landowners changing land use caused poverty
Less arable farming led to food shortages
Fewer labourers were needed so it caused unemployment
Why did the enclosure system cause poverty
Stole common land making the poor homeless
Why was the economic recession in the 1580s a cause of poverty
Caused higher unemployment
What were the two different groups of poor people
Deserving and underserving
What V words were used for beggars
Vagrants and vagabonds
What were almshouses and who were they for?
Houses to help the deserving poor
Name two types of idle poor people
Counterfeit cranks
Bawdy baskets
Two points about the treatment of the able bodied poor by the 1572 Vagabonds act
Whipped and hanged
Two points about the treatment of the able bodied poor by the 1576 poor relief act
Gave them work
House of correction of correction if refused
Why did the government stop the severe punishments in 1576
The government understood poverty was not always caused by laziness
What did some towns do to lead the way in dealing with the poor
Licenses for begging and provided work for the unemployed
Name a town that led the way of dealing with poor
