Clément, Alain - In: A research annual : research in the history of economic …, (pp. 31-58). 2011
The first Poor Laws date back to the 16th century. One would have to go back to 1495 and 1531 to locate the first legislation (displaying above all a repressive character), in which vagabonds were punished, all public begging was outlawed and the poor were required to participate in public...
