Industry in England: Historical OutlinesMethuen & Company, 1896 - 479 pages |
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... in 1 As , e.g. , The Peasants ' Revolt , the condition of the Labourer in the fifteenth century , the Poor Law of Elizabeth , the Assessment of Wages , & c . , & c . the intervals of a very busy life , and out PREFACE ix.
... in 1 As , e.g. , The Peasants ' Revolt , the condition of the Labourer in the fifteenth century , the Poor Law of Elizabeth , the Assessment of Wages , & c . , & c . the intervals of a very busy life , and out PREFACE ix.
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... Wage - paid Labourers 94. The Famine and the Plague 150 151 95. The Effects of the Plague on Wages 152 96. Prices of Provisions 155 · 97. Effects of the Plague upon the Landowners 98. Large and Small Holdings : the Yeomen 99. The ...
... Wage - paid Labourers 94. The Famine and the Plague 150 151 95. The Effects of the Plague on Wages 152 96. Prices of Provisions 155 · 97. Effects of the Plague upon the Landowners 98. Large and Small Holdings : the Yeomen 99. The ...
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... Wages by Justices . The First Poor Law 253 154. The Working of the Assessment System 255 155. The Law of Apprenticeship 259 156. The Elizabethan Poor Law 260 157. Population 263 CHAPTER XVII PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH ...
... Wages by Justices . The First Poor Law 253 154. The Working of the Assessment System 255 155. The Law of Apprenticeship 259 156. The Elizabethan Poor Law 260 157. Population 263 CHAPTER XVII PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH ...
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... Wages 424 CHAPTER XXV THE RISE AND DEPRESSION OF MODERN AGRICULTURE 242. Services Rendered by the Great Landowners 427 243. The Agricultural Revolution 430 244. The Stimulus caused by the Bounties 433 245. Agriculture under Protection ...
... Wages 424 CHAPTER XXV THE RISE AND DEPRESSION OF MODERN AGRICULTURE 242. Services Rendered by the Great Landowners 427 243. The Agricultural Revolution 430 244. The Stimulus caused by the Bounties 433 245. Agriculture under Protection ...
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... wages , and the latter copyholders bound to heavy services or " task - work " for their lord . The fourth class were the labourers , such as herdsmen , barnkeepers , and woodwards , who were serfs , and were paid partly in food and ...
... wages , and the latter copyholders bound to heavy services or " task - work " for their lord . The fourth class were the labourers , such as herdsmen , barnkeepers , and woodwards , who were serfs , and were paid partly in food and ...
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