History A-Level
Poverty and social policy
What Poverty and social policy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Poverty and social policy
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Poor Laws responded, with the 1601 Act making parishes responsible for relief and the 1662 Settlement Act restricting movement of the poor.
Topics that use Poverty and social policy
- Social and intellectual challenge, 1625–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Class mobility
- Empiricism and scientific progress
- Gender and law
- Radicalism and dissent
- Rural economy
- Secularisation and religious pluralism
- Social hierarchy
- Urbanisation
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