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Poor Relief and Community in Hadleigh, Suffolk 1547-1600 (Studies in Regional and Local History)
Marjorie Keniston Mcintosh
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Hatfield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907396922
SKU
V9781907396922
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About Marjorie Keniston Mcintosh
Marjorie Keniston McIntosh is a distinguished professor of history emerita at the University of Colorado–Boulder. She is the author of Poor Relief in England, 1350–1600; Working Women in English Society, 1300–1620; and Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Reviews for Poor Relief and Community in Hadleigh, Suffolk 1547-1600 (Studies in Regional and Local History)
'I am exceptionally impressed by this splendid case study, the like of which barely exists for the well-documented Old Poor Law era and certainly not for the pre-1601 period. McIntosh's ability to reconstruct the family circumstances and other demographic attributes of those receiving relief is unparalleled in any study of Tudor poor relief. This remarkable local study will be of ... Read more