Survival in Tudor England
A law passed by Elizabeth I turned fashion into welfare, providing a vital way for the poor to survive.
Ruth Goodman explains the story behind a significant garment and its impact on the 16th-century poor, exploring the origins of England's first social safety net.
In 16th-century England, losing one's livelihood meant facing financial instability or poverty, with no welfare state, pensions, hospitals, or benefits for the sick.
What if things had gone wrong, and somehow you didn’t have a patch of land to make a living from?
Historian Ruth Goodman discusses this in her HistoryExtra Academy series, Tudor Life.
Author's summary: Tudor England's poor relied on a law passed by Elizabeth I for survival.
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