Tudor England's Unlikely Welfare Solution
In 16th-century England, a law passed by Elizabeth I transformed fashion into a form of welfare for the poor.
Historian Ruth Goodman explains that without a welfare state, the poor were left with financial instability or poverty if they were injured, widowed, or too old to work.
What if things had gone wrong, and somehow you didn’t have a patch of land to make a living from?
Goodman discusses the story behind a specific garment that made a difference to the 16th-century poor and examines the origins of England’s first social safety net.
Autor: This law helped the poor survive.
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