The state of society in England by 1603 (24)

Question 1

What was society like?

Answer 1

The majority of the population could be fed and there was only one subsistence crisis in the 1590s when it is known that there were deaths from starvation.

Question 2

What did harvest failures help and when were they?

Answer 2

Harvest failures from 1594-1597 helped shape the reform of the poor law enacted in 1598 and 1601.