History A-Level
Local versus national responses to poverty
What Local versus national responses to poverty means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Justices of the peace administered poor laws, collecting compulsory rates to support the deserving poor, while almshouses and private donations helped the impotent poor.
Topics that use Local versus national responses to poverty
- State control and popular resistance, 1509–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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