Family Law:A Case for Children

Poverty and the Poor Laws Concluded

Bertha Belmore Season 1 Episode 30

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The Poor Law of 1601 consolidated the previous statutes in a bid  to create uniformity and to prevent riots, overall it was successful  for those who needed it to be. But were the Poor Laws necessary given that, the Tudors, especially the Elizabethans were a wealthy bunch? The question of who is my neighbour failed to crossed their minds.