blood sports are forms of entertainment involving hunting, wounding or killing, usually of animals

the theatre is a venue where plays are performed

Social life for the poor in Tudor England

History

The problem of poverty in Tudor England

Growing population in Elizabethan England

Tudor attitudes to poverty and the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601)

The impact of the Elizabethan Poor Law

Was there a ‘Golden Age’ for the poor in Elizabethan England?

In this unit, pupils studied the problem of poverty in the 16th century alongside attitudes and responses to this. In 'Post-war Britain: for whom did the United Kingdom become a ‘New Jerusalem'?', pupils will see how the idea of governmental responsibility for people's welfare became a critical aspect of attitudes towards poverty in the 20th century and led to very different types of responses.

In 'Local history: how similar were medieval lives in Norwich?', pupils studied inequalities in medieval society and the lives of the poor. In this unit, pupils will extend their understanding of the lives of the poor by considering different aspects of their lives, including the ways in which they were treated by others, in the early modern period.

In this unit, pupils assess the extent to which Elizabethan England represented a 'Golden Age' for the poor. They examine the causes of poverty in this period and learn about contemporary responses to this growing problem before evaluating whether things improved for this group.

Life in Tudor England: was there a 'Golden Age' for the poor?

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How much of the year was given over to holy days in Tudor England before it became Protestant?

 Which sport did men have to practise on Sundays after church in preparation for war?

Blood sports attracted drunken behaviour.

Blood sports were an abuse of animal rights.

Choose the concerns that Puritans had with blood sports.

The name of the first theatre to be built, in 1576, was {{ }}.

the act of maintaining oneself at a most basic level

the act of trying live above basic living conditions

the act of keeping others at the most basic level

Which of the following is the correct definition of subsistance?

Many became unemployed as less people were needed to tend to the sheep.

Land enclosures for the sheep meant the poor had less land.

There were not enough sheep and so it was not profitable.

Why did sheep farming present problems for the rural poor?

Rural people who moved in order to find work, food and shelter were known as {{ }}.

There was less food being grown due to switch from crop to sheep farming.

There was less common land available for subsistence.

There was more common land available for subsistance.

Why did food prices increase during the Tudor period? 

They feared that riots could transform into full-blown rebellion.

Which of the following statements best explains why the Elizabethan elite were alarmed by the ever-growing urban poor in London? Select the best explanation.

Social life for the poor in Tudor England

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