History A-Level
The deserving and undeserving poor
What The deserving and undeserving poor means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The deserving poor received some relief, while vagrants faced punishment, a mix of repression and relief reflecting concern about social order.
Topics that use The deserving and undeserving poor
- State control and popular resistance, 1509–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Coercion and consent in Tudor rule
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- Local versus national responses to poverty
- Popular rebellion and elite leadership
- Religious and regional grievance
- Social and economic change
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