poor - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:24:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg poor - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Detail of the anti-Poor Law Poster (1837) in the United Kingdom. The poor considered the new workhouses as ‘Prisons for the Poor’ https://historylab.es/detail-of-the-anti-poor-law-poster-1837-in-the-united-kingdom-the-poor-considered-the-new-workhouses-as-prisons-for-the-poor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=detail-of-the-anti-poor-law-poster-1837-in-the-united-kingdom-the-poor-considered-the-new-workhouses-as-prisons-for-the-poor Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/detail-of-the-anti-poor-law-poster-1837-in-the-united-kingdom-the-poor-considered-the-new-workhouses-as-prisons-for-the-poor/ vagrancy, crime, punishment

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]]> Detail of a poster (1837) against the New Poor Law in the United Kingdom. This law ensured that the poor were housed in workhouses, clothed and fed. In return, the poor had to work for several hours each day. The poor called the workhouses ‘Prisons for the Poor’. There were several riots because of the new law.

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]]> Cripple vagrant. Drawing of Pieter Janszoon Quast (1634) https://historylab.es/cripple-vagrant-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cripple-vagrant-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/criple-vagrant-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634/ vagrancy

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]]> Cripple vagrant. Pieter Jansz. Quast, 1634

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]]> Old beggar woman. Drawing of Pieter Janszoon Quast (1634-1638) https://historylab.es/old-beggar-woman-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634-1638/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-beggar-woman-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634-1638 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/old-beggar-woman-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634-1638/ vagrancy

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]]> Old beggar woman. Pieter Jansz. Quast, 1634-1638.

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]]> The young beggar, painted by Bartolome Esteban Murillo (ca. 1650) https://historylab.es/the-young-beggar-painted-by-bartolome-esteban-murillo-ca-1650/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-young-beggar-painted-by-bartolome-esteban-murillo-ca-1650 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/the-young-beggar-painted-by-bartelome-esteban-murillo-ca-1650/ vagrancy

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]]> The young beggar. Bartolome Esteban Murillo, ca. 1650.

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