Poverty growth

• Population Growth


  • Higher demand for food
  • Resources meant an increase in Prices
  • Led to declining wages
  • Younger people entering the work force
• Governments debasement of the Coinage

  1. Traders charged more Money for goods

  2. Government melted down Coins and mixed with other metals, adding more Coins in Circulation

  3. Led to Inflation

  4. Face value decreased
• Bad Harvests Affected by bad weather 


  Me at Food prices rose farmers charged more
• Weather


  Farmers charged more
• Influx lead to Growth of poverty

  Influx of precious metals from new world into Europe
• Influx of gold and silver into Europe


  This lead to price revolution and more Inflation
• Dissolution of Monasteries


  Increased the spread of Poverty because the monasteries were a traditional Source of Support and alms for the poor
• Former monastic land passed onto landlords


  Landlords were harsh on the tenants they had inherited
• Landlords tried to Increase their profits

  By rack-renting and forestalling
• Landlords closed the Common land

  On which the poorest in Society were reliant upon