History A-Level
Poverty and pauperism
What Poverty and pauperism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Poverty and pauperism
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The condition of the poor and the state of being a pauper, which the note links to relief given in money or kind outdoors and in workhouses indoors.
Topics that use Poverty and pauperism
- Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform - 4 Poverty and pauperism, c1785–c1870 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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