This pamphlet examines recent research into the poor laws of Tudor
and Stuart England. Dr Beier asks the question 'who were the poor?'
and in answering it places the 'problem of the poor' in its
historical context, examining it in relation to medieval provisions
for dealing with poverty. He shows how far legislation was
influenced by economic changes, by ideas about poverty and by the
interests of the legislators themselves. Dr Beier evaluates the
varying interpretations of the poor laws, from those who have seen
them as an early 'welfare state' to those who have considered them
to be the manifestation of a 'Protestant ethic'. The major poor-law
statues are summarized in an appendix, and there is a useful
bibliography.
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