In the Tudor period, why were vagabonds treated as criminals?

Vagabonds were treated like criminals for two main reasons. one was because of legislation and the other was the production of pamphlets. read more

Vagabonds were treated like criminals for two main reasons. one was because of legislation and the other was the production of pamphlets. Legislation made begging illegal in the tudor period mean that vagabond were now criminals as they were beggars. read more

There was of course, no police force, so crime was an enormous problem, tackled by extreme punishments designed to act as a deterrent. More than 70,000 people were executed during the reign of Henry VIII, many for what we would consider minor offences. read more