Poverty In Elizabethan England Flashcards
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Pauper
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The poorest members of society who were unable to find work
2
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Idle or undeserving poor (also known as vagrants or sturdy beggars or vagabonds)
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An able bodied person with out a settled home or work who wanders and lives by begging
3
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Impotent or deserving poor
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Those too young , old , ill or disabled themselves
4
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Poverty
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Half the people in the Elizabethan era were poor
5
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Poverty
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They didn’t own land/have trade/ businesses
6
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Poverty
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The labouring poor worked for wages
7
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Poverty
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Didn’t own any food therefore they spent 80% of their income on food/drink
8
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Poverty
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If unemployed/disease/or disability they couldn’t earn money to buy food
9
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Poverty
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Regular outbreaks of plague made life more difficult
10
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Poverty
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North-west England was the poorest part of the country
