Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Elizabethan England (c1568–1603).
Able-bodied people who were perceived by the authorities as lazy vagrants rather than individuals unfortunate enough to be unemployed.
Sturdy beggars appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for British Depth Studies, especially Elizabethan England (c1568–1603) and The Poor.
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