Increasing literacy in the yeomen class

Question 1

HOW

Answer 1

Humanism in Renaissance led to formation of grammar schools (for boys)
- open to all w/ no fees & taught how to read and write+ English and Latin
-Below gentry benefitted
Uni edu expanded - only 2 Unis Oxford & Cambridge - Oxford 1150-1550-2000 students rose at the end - est. 1/2 came from nobility
- Illteracy rates (m&f) 80 & 98% 1550 but 1600 72 & 92 % - varied among region and social status - 1530 rates among Yeomen were higher in North than other
- become more illiterate but still high rates among the poorest in society

Question 2

HOW

Answer 2

Humanism in Renaissance led to formation of grammar schools (for boys)
- open to all w/ no fees & taught how to read and write+ English and Latin
-Below gentry benefitted
Uni edu expanded - only 2 Unis Oxford & Cambridge - Oxford 1150-1550-2000 students rose at the end - est. 1/2 came from nobility
- Illteracy rates (m&f) 80 & 98% 1550 but 1600 72 & 92 % - varied among region and social status - 1530 rates among Yeomen were higher in North than other
- become more illiterate but still high rates among the poorest in society

Question 3

Impact

Answer 3

Changing role in gov and society + Originally acted as spokesmen in negotiations w/ the crown in uprisings eg 1497 Cornish Risings

S - extension of gov into localities allowed yeomen to take on roles e.g administration of poor law and became part of Tudor political system - more inclined to defend than attack

• More likely to use legal system to resolve than result to uprising
• Northern Earls Revolt 1569 no more serious disputes - enjoying a period of social and economic stability
• Economic ciris of 1590s no mass uprisings - attempt in Oxford 1596 led by the poorest none of the yeomen rank (originally leaders) are now part of the Elizabethan gov stsyem

Question 4

Impact

Answer 4

Changing role in gov and society + Originally acted as spokesmen in negotiations w/ the crown in uprisings eg 1497 Cornish Risings

S - extension of gov into localities allowed yeomen to take on roles e.g administration of poor law and became part of Tudor political system - more inclined to defend than attack

• More likely to use legal system to resolve than result to uprising
• Northern Earls Revolt 1569 no more serious disputes - enjoying a period of social and economic stability
• Economic ciris of 1590s no mass uprisings - attempt in Oxford 1596 led by the poorest none of the yeomen rank (originally leaders) are now part of the Elizabethan gov stsyem