An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England

Chapter 5

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The Black Death And The Peasants' Rebellion

_Economic Changes of the Later Fourteenth and Early Fifteenth Centuries_

27. National Affairs from 1338 to 1461...................... 96

28. The Black Death and its Effects......................... 99

29. The Statutes of Laborers............................... 106

30. The Peasants' Rebellion of 1381........................ 111

31. Commutation of Services................................ 125

32. The Abandonment of Demesne Farming..................... 128

33. The Decay of Serfdom................................... 129

34. Changes in Town Life and Foreign Trade................. 133

35. Bibliography........................................... 134