Medieval masterclass 4: Revolution 1348-1527
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The Concept of Social Justice in the Middle Ages
In the fourteenth century, there had been six million people living in england. At that point, malthus would tell us that it was ripe for a pandemic. So what does edwad, sir edward the third's government do? It issues quickly the ordinance and then later pass wiint of parliament. Together is turned into parliamentary statute, ordinance, slash, statute of laborers. What does this say? It says market forces are at play. And workers are now incredibly scarce. I mean, actually, that's something we can imagine to day that we're seeing,. We're seeing this happen.
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