History GCSE
Poverty and social welfare
What Poverty and social welfare means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Poverty and social welfare
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The local poor were major losers, deprived of charity, medical care and employment previously provided by monasteries.
Topics that use Poverty and social welfare
- Option B3: Key topic 3: The Reformation and its impact, 1529–40 - 3 The dissolution of the monasteries (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Cultural destruction
- Economic power and land ownership
- Education and literacy
- Wealth and land ownership
- Religion and spiritual life
- Social and economic change
- Social welfare and charity
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