Economic causes Flashcards
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What is engrossing
Amalgamating two or more farms together
Why was engrossing an issue
Buildings on the farm can decay and occupants are forced to move elsewhere
What is rack renting
landlords rapidly increase rent and tenants unable to pray are evicted
Why was eclosures a problem
Those that were reliant on common land for survival no longer had it
Who were two comtemporary thinkers that blamed enclosures for social problems at the time
Thomas more and john halles
What did contemporary thinkers Thomas More and John halles conclude
Blame enclosures for all te social problems at the time
When was the first commision of inquiry into illegal enclosures
1517 by Thomas wolsey
What did thomas wolsey do in 1517
commision of inquiry into illegal enclosures
When was the sheep and farming act
1533
what did the 1533 sheep and farming act do
restrict no of sheep kept by farmers (2,400)
Where were enclosures mainly practiced
Est anglia as it was dominated by sheep farming
Where were attitudes to enclosures ambiguous
east and northwest suffolk
What is foldclosure
landlords use tenants lands to graze sheeps
Who critisised enclosures
commonwealth men
What did the common welath men say about enclosures
fundemental source of unemployment and poverty
Who were two 1540 reformers
Hugh Latimer and Robert crawly
What did hugh latimer and robert crawly say
need for social reform in the 1540s
What influenced protector somerset
common wealthmen
What did the commonwealth men influence somerset on
commisions into illegal enclosures
What else did common wealth men infleunce
rebels aims and actions in 1549
What caused the kett rebellion to be an anti-enclosure movement
Wehn robert kett sided with rebels
When did rebels set up camp
12th July
Where did rebels set camp
Norwich
Why is it important that rebels set camp in norwich
rich town 6% pop owned 60% land/goods
