The Elizabethan Poor Law

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:addressed deserving poor
undeserving poor
gptkbp:aimsTo reduce vagrancy
gptkbp:allows appeals against poor relief decisions
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:England
gptkbp:createdBy overseers of the poor
gptkbp:defines categories of the poor
gptkbp:developsStrategiesFor poor relief eligibility
gptkbp:enactedBy 1601
gptkbp:established workhouse system
funding mechanisms for poor relief
poor relief system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Elizabethan Poor Law
gptkbp:includes workhouses
gptkbp:influenced modern welfare state
subsequent welfare policies
gptkbp:isChallengedBy landowners
social reform movements
emerging social theories
gptkbp:isCitedIn gptkb:Parliament
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor inefficiency
lack of adequate funding
stigmatizing the poor
inequitable distribution of aid
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn historical records
gptkbp:isEngagedIn historical research
gptkbp:isExaminedBy local magistrates
sociological studies
gptkbp:isIncorporatedIn Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy Protestant work ethic
economic conditions of the time
earlier poor laws
gptkbp:isLocatedIn local authorities
parish councils
gptkbp:isReflectedIn subsequent legislation
subsequent poor laws
gptkbp:isRelatedTo legal interpretations
gptkbp:ledTo establishment of parish-based assistance
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834
gptkbp:requires registration of the poor
annual assessments of the poor
local taxation for poor relief
gptkbp:wasAffecting gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt alleviating poverty
gptkbp:wasPartOf social safety net
social policy reforms
Elizabethan era reforms
welfare history
Tudor_social_policy
British_social_policy
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy philanthropists