Starter quiz
- What was the 1601 Poor Law was designed to eliminate?
- the negative attitudes of the lords towards poor farmers
- the issues of vagrancy and begging ✓
- the concern that blood sports attracted criminals and drunken behaviour
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- Which one of the following was a significant consequence of the dissolution of the monasteries?
- Many people were forced to become vagrants and beggars. ✓
- Poor people were unable to use religious buildings.
- Government had to find alternative buildings to support vagrants and beggars.
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- The name of the most far-reaching act to support those living in poverty, passed in 1601 is ______.
- 'the Poor Law' ✓
- Which monarch passed the Vagabonds Act in 1572?
- 'Elizabeth I' ✓
- Under which of the three categories outlined in the 1601 Poor Law could orphaned children become apprentices to craftsmen?
- the impotent poor ✓
- the idle poor
- the able-bodied poor
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- The group of poor people who were able to work but chose not to were the called the ______.
- 'idle poor' ✓
Exit quiz
- This keyword is a type of historian who is interested in studying the lives of ordinary people
- 'social historian' ✓
- What term is the generally accepted historical interpretation of Elizabeth I’s reign?
- 'Golden Age' ✓
- Which of the following three features of the Elizabethan period that can be used as evidence of it being a ‘Golden Age’?
- Theatre as a form of entertainment was established. ✓
- The population gained access to all the benefits of education. ✓
- Elizabeth managed to calm religious tensions in England. ✓
- There was an increase in popularity of blood sports.
- There was war with Spain.
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- Which group of people were seen to be responsible for the poor during the Elizabethan period?
- wealthy people making charitable donations ✓
- the Church ✓
- the government
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- Why does James Sharpe think the Elizabethan period was a ‘Golden Age’ for the poor?
- The poor got to experience a great deal of entertainment.
- The Elizabethan Poor Law supported those who were unable to support themselves. ✓
- The growth of the economy meant that nobody went hungry during this period.
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- Which of the following opportunities were seen to benefit at least some of the poor in Elizabethan England?
- the growth in education ✓
- the 1601 Poor Law ✓
- theatre ✓
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Key learning points
- Elizabeth's reign has sometimes been described as a 'Golden Age'.
- The benefits of the 'Golden Age' were not shared equally in society.
- Social historians are interested in studying the lives of ordinary people.
- Social historians have sometimes argued that Elizabeth's reign was not a 'Golden Age' for the poor.
Common misconception
Historians all study the same things in history.
There is a large and ever-growing variety of themes that historians look at in history that shape the way we view the past, e.g. military history, economic history, women's history and many more.
Keywords
Social historian - a social historian is a historian who is interested in studying the lives of ordinary people
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