Social hierarchy and poverty
What Social hierarchy and poverty means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Noble status and pureza de sangre mattered more, and charity hardened towards the undeserving poor.
Local authorities struggled with rising poverty, leading to early, piecemeal poor relief measures.
Topics that use Social hierarchy and poverty
- 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 – Instability and consolidation: 'the Mid-Tudor Crisis', 1547–1563 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Paper 3, Option 32: The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598 - 3 The price revolution and its impact, c1500–c1570 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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