In the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, the Poor Were No

question 31

Multiple Choice

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the poor were no longer perceived as deserving of charity but as

• A) dangerous degenerates in need of moral reform through harsh discipline.
• B) sinfully lazy outcasts who were to be refused any form of assistance.
• C) merely unlucky citizens who were to be treated like any other member of the community.
• D) godless sinners to be driven out from among the elect into the countryside.

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