Vagrancy
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- Created on: 03-01-13 12:34
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Why it increased in the 16th century:
POLITICAL:
- End of war left soldiers out of work
- No National help system.
ECONOMIC:
- Inflation caused prices to rise faster than wages
- Problems with the cloth industary
- Land owners kept more sheep which needed less workers.
SOCIAL:
- Population increases significantly
RELIGIOUS:
- Closure of monestries by Henry the eigth in the 1530's took away the poor rate.
What did people think of vagrants?:
- Villages and towns did try to help the genuinely poor of their own parish
- The aged, sick and…
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