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E E - Lives of the people Flashcards

1
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what were the homes of the gentry like

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new country houses
over 50 rooms
glazed windows
finely decorated chimneys

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2
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what were the food and drinks of the gentry like

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hosted feasts
expensive food carried on silver platters
exotic meats - swan , pheasant
fish - salmon
sweets - sugar and marzipan
expensive wine

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3
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how did the gentry make a living

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the gentry did not work but earned money from renting out their lands

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4
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what were the homes of the middling sort like

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ten rooms
2 floors
windows , chimneys
less decorated

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5
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what was the food and drink for the middling sort like

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good diet of meat
fruit
bread
beer

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6
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how did the middling sort make a living

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merchants
small business owners
independent farmers

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what were the homes of the labouring poor like

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small one room houses
no chimney
no glazed windows

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8
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what was the food of the labouring poor like

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bread
vegetables from garden made into pottage

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9
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how did the labouring poor make a living

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travelled looking for seasonal work on farms

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10
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who chose the partners for the gentry

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parents

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11
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what kind of society was elizabethan society

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patriarchal
wives obeyed husbands

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what were the views on sex before marriage

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sex outside marriage was forbidden
many couples immediately married if they found out they were pregnant

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13
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what were the views on divorce

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it was difficult
people were encouraged to remarry if their husband or wife died

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what were the views on same sex marriage

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forbidden by the church
kept secret

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15
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why were families normally small

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high rates of infant mortality

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16
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when did the gentry’s sons go to school

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at age 7

17
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where did children in poorer families work?

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in the home
on the farm

18
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what did children do at age 12 or 13

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left family homes to work as servants or apprentices

19
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why was wider kinship not that important

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elizabethan’s didn’t have strong bonds with extended families
most families didn’t live with grandparents uncles or aunts
many people moved away from home
most elizabethans turned to their neighbours for help

20
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how much of the population was in poverty by the 1580s

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30 percent

21
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who were vagrants or vagabonds

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unemployed people who roamed from town to town looking for work

22
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why were the middling sort and gentry very worried about vagrancy

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worried the vagrants would commit crime
worried that vagrants would spread the plague

23
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inflation in E E

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increased demand increased prices
the prices of wheat increased by 250%

24
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Failed harvest in E E

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the harvest failed in 1595 1596 and 1597 so there was been less wheat

25
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Sheep farming in E E

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english cloth was fashionable so sheep farming became very profitable

26
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what was the initial punishment for vagrants

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whipped and burned through the ear with a hot iron

27
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what was the second punishment for vagrants

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they could be hanged

28
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why did the punishments towards vagrants fail

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they didn’t deal with the causes of poverty

29
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what did the 1601 poor law do

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introduced a system that treated some poor people with more compassion

30
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what were the two categories the 1601 poor law separated types of poor into

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the deserving poor
the undeserving poor

31
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who were the deserving poor

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people who wanted to work but couldn’t

32
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who were the undeserving poor

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people who could work but didn’t

33
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how were the deserving poor treated

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poor relief
materials for work
apprenticeships for young people

34
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how were the undeserving poor treated

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threatened with deterrents such as whipping and hard labour

35
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how was the 1601 poor law paid for

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by a tax called the poor rate

36
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how did population increase cause poverty

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there was an increased demand for what which led to inflation

37
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what was the population increase

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from 2.4 to 4.1 mil

38
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why did inflation cause poverty

A

the poor couldn’t afford bread

39
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why did failed harvests cause poverty

A

there was further inflation so bread was even more expensive for the poor

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