​The Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 Established Three Categories of Relief

question 10

Multiple Choice

​The Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 established three categories of relief recipients:

• A) ​the insane, the poor, and the disabled.
• B) ​the insane, dependent children, and the poor.
• C) the able-bodied poor, the impotent poor, and dependent children.
• D) ​the disabled, wives of prisoners, and the poor.

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