English Poor Laws

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf social welfare legislation
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:civil_parish
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:criticizedFor harshness
deterrent workhouse conditions
stigma of poverty
gptkbp:first_enacted 16th century
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Victorian_England
gptkb:Tudor_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label English Poor Laws
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:New_Poor_Law
social policy in the United Kingdom
Tudor legislation
religious charity
welfare systems in other countries
gptkbp:legacy basis for later social policy
influenced modern welfare systems
shaped attitudes to poverty
gptkbp:notable_critic gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Thomas_Carlyle
gptkbp:notableActor gptkb:Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834
gptkb:Elizabethan_Poor_Law
gptkbp:notableFeature workhouses
parish overseers
pauper badges
poor rates
settlement laws
gptkbp:notableReform gptkb:Edwin_Chadwick
gptkbp:provides indoor relief
outdoor relief
gptkbp:purpose poverty relief
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:charity
gptkb:social_reform
gptkb:state_order
public assistance
social security
gptkbp:relatedGroup orphans
the poor
the elderly
the unemployed
the disabled
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Speenhamland_system
gptkb:Sturges_Bourne_Acts
gptkb:Gilbert's_Act
gptkb:Outdoor_Relief_Prohibitory_Order
gptkb:Workhouse_Test_Act
gptkbp:repealedBy 20th century
gptkbp:replacedBy modern welfare state
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Irish_Poor_Laws
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5