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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 (Chapter 3 pg. 14-27) According to Wikipedia the law was not repealed until 1863.
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    • Further consideration relationship between criminal law and "poor law."
    • specific details of 1834 Poor Law Amendment? -- FrancisWhite
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-At present, I am making some edits to add more detail and clarity to the wikipedia page on the Poor Laws, particularly regarding the late 18th/early 19th century period. I may also make some edits to the article on workhouses, although I think it's already better than the Poor Law article. -- FrancisWhite
 
[1] Ordinance of Laborers 1349, full text available at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/seth/ordinance-labourers.asp (I always thought Prof. Moglen was joking when he started writs with "The king to the sheriff, greeting," but it actually does begin exactly that way.) [2] Statute of Laborers 1351, full text available at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/seth/statute-labourers.asp

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