16th and 17th Centuries

• What were the main causes of crime?

  Economic conditions and religion
• What did economic conditions cause?

  An increase in unemployment and poverty
• What crime did poverty cause?

  Vagrancy
• Population increase

  2.9M in 1500s

  4.3M in 1600s
• What meant a key resource for the poor was gone?

  The dissolution of the monasteries
• Why did inflation cause poverty?

  As wages couldn’t keep up with rising prices
• What did bad harvests cause?


  High prices and food shortages
• What did changes in farming mean?

  Fewer employees were needed
• Why did religion change in the Tudor period?

  Due to the different monarchs
• What did Henry VIII change the country to?

  Protestant from Catholic
• Why did Henry VIII change the country to Protestant?

  He wanted a divorce
• What church did Henry VIII create?

  Church of England
• Why was the crime of heresy not huge in the reign of Henry VIII?

  As he didn’t really change his own beliefs
• What did Edward VI change the country to?

  Puritan from Protestant
• Why did Edward VI change the country to Puritan?

  As he was raised protestant
• What is a Puritan?


  Strict Protestant
• Why did the crime of heresy increase in the reign of Edward VI?

  As many people didn’t want to change their beliefs again
• What religion did Mary I change the country to?

  Catholic
• What religion was Mary I?


  Extreme Catholic
• Did Mary I have any tolerance for any other beliefs?

  No
• How many heretics were executed in the reign of Mary I?


  280
• What nickname was given to Mary I?


  Bloody Mary
• Why was Mary I given the nickname Bloody Mary?

  As she had no tolerance and executed 280 heretics
• What did Elizabeth I try to create in her reign?

  A middle way
• What kind of people were executed in the reign of Elizabeth I?

  Extremeists
• Who was executed by Elizabeth I for speaking against the middle way? (Wales)

  John Penry
• What were the two types of poor?

  Impotent and able bodied
• What were the impotent poor?


  People genuinely unable to work e.g illness, age etc
• What were the able bodied poor?


  People who could work but couldn’t find it or were unwilling to