Title: Social Classes - Social Classes of the elizabethan era
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Content: To live, they beg and stole. Begging and stealing was outlawed during the Elizabethan Era. It was punishable by flogging and forced slavery for 2 years. ( 2)
Could People Switch Social Class? People could switch social class in a variety of ways. The poor and unemployed could become Yeomen by getting an apprenticeship to learn a valuable skill. Although very unlikely, Yeomen and Poor and Unemployed could become Gentry if they were knighted. A person of nobility could move down in the social order if they committed a felony, but this was also very unlikely. ( 2)