The First Century of Welfare: Poverty and Poor Relief in Lancashire, 1620-1730

by Jonathan Healey

The first major regional study of poverty and its relief in the seventeenth century: the first century of welfare.

The English 'Old Poor Law' was the first national system of tax-funded social welfare in the world. It provided a safety net for hundreds of thousands of paupers at a time of very limited national wealth and productivity. The First Century of Welfare, which focusses on the poor, but developing, county of Lancashire, provides the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843839563
• ISBN13: 9781843839569
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"