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ENGLAND = SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY TRANSFORMED IN E.I. REIGN - Coggle Diagram
ENGLAND = SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY TRANSFORMED IN E.I. REIGN
YES
ECONOMICALLY
development of luxury goods production (and consumption)
use of privateering and colonisation
establishment of global trade/trading companies
SOCIALLY
The Golden Age - focus on Renaissance ideas and education
increased prevalence of the arts - patronage by E.I. and nobles
poor relief and idea of 'deserving'/impotent poor - contributions to parish relief funds from 1563
Renaissance education seen as better than a court apprenticeship by many
William Harrison - Description of England 1577 - an 'improvement in the living standards enjoyed by farmers'
NO
SOCIALLY
makeup of society was largely the same - 90% agrarian population throughout Tudor period
SE and London = richer, NW and Cornwall = poorer
England still dominated by aristocrats, limited social mobility
few Tudor New Men in power
ECONOMICALLY
still dependent on cloth trade from Antwerp
privateering not necessarily economic policy but opportunism
90% agrarian population
RURAL AND URBAN TRENDS
RURAL
William Harrison - Description of England 1577 - an 'improvement in the living standards enjoyed by farmers' - DUE TO PRICE RISES
URBAN
development of new industrial centres e.g. Manchester and Plymouth - PORTS
Development of London as an industrial centre