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Labourers, Statute of

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The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
Length:
39 words

(1351). This Act attempted to hold wages at their pre-Black Death level by imposing severe penalties for

Labourers, Statute of

Labourers, Statute of (1351)   Reference library

The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

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2010
Subject:
History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
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75 words

Government response to labour shortage and rise in *wages following the arrival of the *Black Death (1349); aimed

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The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)

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2009
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
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41 words
(1351) This Act attempted to hold wages at their pre‐Black Death level by imposing severe penalties for infringement. The shortage of labour thwarted attempts to keep down wages, ... More

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