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Life in Elizabethan times
Poverty
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About
half
of
peasants
lived in
poverty
They were
illiterate
and spent
80%
of their income of
food
and
drink
Some people lived as
vagabonds
or
pauper,
making a living from
begging
and
crime
Poverty was common in the
north west
of
England
Growing awareness of national
poverty crisis
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