Poor Relief and Community in Hadleigh, Suffolk 1547-1600 (Paperback)

At the cutting edge of new social and demographic history, this book provides a detailed picture of the most comprehensive system of poor relief operated by any Elizabethan town. Well before the Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601, Hadleigh, Suffolk-a thriving woolen cloth center with a population of roughly 3,000-offered a complex array of assistance to many of its residents who could not provide for themselves: orphaned children, married couples with more offspring than they could support or supervise, widows, people with physical or mental disabilities, some of the unemployed, and the elderly. Hadleigh's leaders also attempted to curb idleness and vagrancy and to prevent poor people who might later need relief from settling in the town. Based upon uniquely full records, this study traces 600 people who received help and explores the social, religious, and economic considerations that made more prosperous people willing to run and pay for this system. Relevant to contemporary debates over assistance to the poor, the book provides a compelling picture of a network of care and control that resulted in the integration of public and private forms of aid.

General

Imprint:	University Of Hertfordshire Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	October 2013
Authors:	Marjorie Keniston McIntosh
Dimensions:	245 x 175 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-907396-92-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	1-907396-92-6
Barcode:	9781907396922

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