ABSTRACT
First published in 1986. The first edition of this work was in 1971. In the intervening years a number of books and articles have appeared which deal directly, or indirectly, with the subject of poverty in the early modern period, and the bibliography, in consequence, has been almost doubled. Some additional material (numbered from 78 onwards) and changes in emphasis have been incorporated into the text, and the Norwich material, in particular, has been revised and extended in the light of the author’s own more recent research.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |36 pages
The Background
chapter |22 pages
The Causes of Poverty
chapter |14 pages
The Extent of the Problem
part |39 pages
Descriptive Analysis
chapter |5 pages
Early Tudor Legislation
chapter |14 pages
The Elizabethan Poor Laws
chapter |8 pages
The Contribution of the Individual
part |7 pages
Assessment
part |21 pages
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