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Palmer goes into great detail on how the massive depopulation during the Black Death led to the passage the Statute of Labourers and how it was used to force the able bodied of the lower classes to work and set maximum wages and prices. (Chapter 3 pg. 14-27) According to Wikipedia the law was not repealed until 1863.
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I made the following revisions to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_Poor_Laws:

  • added info on effect of reformation
  • created reference / link to 1495 act
  • created link to 1536 act
  • added information on / linked to 1547, 1552, and 1555 acts
  • added several paragraphs on poor laws passed by Elizabeth prior to "Elizabethan" reforms in 1598 & 1601.

Additionally, I created the following pages to provide further information on relevant poor laws:

-- AllysonMackavage - 03 Dec 2014

 
 
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