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1552-1601, Poor Law

licensed begging replaced by government responsibility
Government responsible for apprenticing children
distinction between deserving and undeserving
punishment for employable undeserving who refuse work

In 1552 to 1601 the Elizabethan Poor Laws were largely framed.

Characteristics work was seen as training in the apprenticing of children, but it was also seen as punishment for employable people seeking relief.





© 1998, Steve Hick.