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SOCIETY IN TUDOR ENGLAND - Coggle Diagram
SOCIETY IN TUDOR ENGLAND
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GENTRY
the number of nobles and gentry was fairly constant between 1500 and 1550 - about 4,500 (1% of England pop.)
HVIII created some new nobles to add to the House of Lords to outnumber the bishops during his reformation . redistribution of land following the dissolution mainly reinforced existing nobility
Elizabeth tried to limit the number of new nobles she created in order to rely on old, trusted families
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THE POOR
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GOVT MEASURES
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Riots in London in 1595 spurred the government to set up Poor Law Act 1597 to help train young boys and girls, reinforced in 1601
Northumberland and Elizabeth's poor relief was concentrated on reducing the influence of the undeserving poor and helping the 'deserving' poor
Attitudes to the poor changed in Tudor period - they began to be divided into 'impotent poor', 'idle poor' and 'genuine unemployed'
Support for the poor came in reaction to population growth, dearth and fear of the same rebellions as in 1549
KEY POOR MEASURES
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1552 Poor Act - response to 1549 turmoil and ongoing harvest difficulties: someone in parish responsible to collect 'alms' for the poor
1598 Poor Law Act - response to 1594-97 harvest failures: amalgamated previous legislation into one functional act - ratified in 1601
Poor measures were reactive and ineffective for most of the Tudor period - only in 1598 did they create a functional and sufficiently wide-ranging act to ease the issue
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