After the Black Death of 1349 in England, wage labour relations replaced feudal bondage to become the dominant form of employing labour in agriculture and construction. The statutes, setting maximum wage day-rates until the Statute of Artificers in 1563, are a contemporary testimony to the development of wage labour relations. Set in the context of the study of global labour relations, the book provides detailed analyses of the petitions prompting labour legislation, the statutes themselves, and the conditions of wage earners, working or not working, including their wages, gender and age discrimination, apprenticeships, employers, conspiracies, and justice enacted.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Jörn Janssen
EAN: 9789004764439
COUNTRY: Netherlands
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HEIGHT: 235 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Brill
DATE PUBLISHED: 2026-11-19
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GENRE: HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General
WIDTH: 155 mm
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Book Themes:
England, English, Later 14th century c 1350 to c 1399, c 1455 to c 1487 (period of the English Wars of the Roses), 1485–1603 (Tudor period), Legal history, Sources of law: legislation, Social and cultural history
Jörn Janssen, Dr.re.pol., retired Professor of Construction Economics, Fachhochshule Dortmund, Germany, carries out research on the history of wage labour relations, and is a member of L'Institut Européen du Salariat (IES) and the European Institute of Construction Labour Research (CLR).
