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9 Cards in this Set
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What signs of depression were there? |
- real wages decreased by half from 1586-1596 - 9/44 harvests were bad and led to the 1596 starvation crisis |
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Were there regional signs of prosperity? |
- Poor counties = West Midlands - Wealthiest counties = South-East - Labour worth twice as much in the south than the North |
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What were the signs of prosperity in Land? |
- Increase in food prices led to a rise in income for land owners - Agricultural Production increases - Only affects landowners |
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What were the cause of Inflation in Elizabethan England? |
- Government spending increases therefore more money is in circulation - Circulation of silver in Europe increases as there's an increase of silver in Spain but timing doesn't fit with inflation - Bad harvest increases food prices but doesn't explain continued inflation - Debasement of coinage = reminted by Elizabeth |
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What were the reasons for poverty in Elizabethan England? |
- 43% rise in population - Illness = influenza (1562) - Inflation because of rising living prices - Harvest failure created famine - Trade embargo in Netherlands (1563-64/1568-73/1580's) |
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How were the poor classified? |
Impotent poor Idle poor Genuine unemployed |
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What new laws were there for the impotent poor? |
1547 - Funds collected by Church to support impotent poor 1572 - Compulsory contributions to poor relief - poor relief organised by Parish |
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What new laws were there for the genuine unemployed? |
1572 - to be excluded from punishment 1576 - JPs to acquire raw materials for workers 1597 - Children apprenticed |
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What laws were introduced for the idle poor? |
1572 - Punishments for vagrancy increased 1576 - 'Houses of Correction' for those refusing to work 1597 - whipped + returned to Parish of birth |
