Attitudes to poverty (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Elizabeth I's reign dates
Elizabeth I's reign dates
1558-1603
Deserving poor
Deserving poor
Elderly, disabled, ill who couldn't work
Idle poor
Idle poor
Physically capable but chose not to work
Poor rates
Poor rates
Local taxes to support destitute people
Enclosure
Enclosure
Converting common land for private farming
Statute of Artificers (1563)
Statute of Artificers (1563)
Provided poor with work materials (wool/raw materials) to sell
Vagabonds Act date
Vagabonds Act date
1572
Vagabonds Act punishments
Vagabonds Act punishments
Whipping, holes drilled in ears
Poor Relief Act (1576)
Poor Relief Act (1576)
JPs provide work materials & tools; houses of correction for refusers
Houses of correction
Houses of correction
For those refusing to work
Elizabethan Poor Law date
Elizabethan Poor Law date
1601
Impotent poor
Impotent poor
Unable to work due to age or disability
Where impotent poor were housed
Where impotent poor were housed
Almshouses or poorhouses
Where able-bodied poor worked
Where able-bodied poor worked
Houses of industry (workhouses)
What pauper children became
What pauper children became
Apprentices to learn trades