The Problem of the Poor in Tudor and Early Stuart England - Brossura

Beier, Lucinda

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0416350607 ISBN 13: 9780416350609

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1983

Riassunto

This pamphlet examines recent research into the poor laws of Tudor and Stuart England. Dr Beier asks the question ‘who were the poor?’ and in answering it places the ‘problem of the poor’ in its historical context, examining it in relation to medieval provisions for dealing with poverty. He shows how far legislation was influenced by economic changes, by ideas about poverty and by the interests of the legislators themselves. Dr Beier evaluates the varying interpretations of the poor laws, from those who have seen them as an early ‘welfare state’ to those who have considered them to be the manifestation of a ‘Protestant ethic’. The major poor-law statues are summarized in an appendix, and there is a useful bibliography.

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Informazioni sull?autore

A.L. Beier

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1983
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0416350607
• ISBN 13: 9780416350609
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 68
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania