The Statute of Labourers was a law enacted by the English parliament under King Edward III in 1351 in response to a labour shortage. It was introduced by Sir John Halles. A body now called the English Parliament first arose during the thirteenth century, referred to variously as colloquium and parliamentum. It shared most of the powers typical of representative institutions in medieval and early modern Europe, and was arranged from the fourteenth century in a bicameral manner, with a House... Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders May 1 Zürich joins the Swiss Confederation. ... In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is a measure of the work done by human beings and is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ...
The Black Death, which killed approximately one-third of the population of Europe caused a dramatic decrease in the supply of labour. Landowners suddenly faced a sharp increase in competition for workers. Labourers had increased bargaining power and commanded higher wages. The increase in labour cost also led to inflation throughout the economy. The elite class lamented the sudden shift in economic power. In an attempt to control labour costs and price levels, Edward issued the Ordinance of Labourers in 1349. Parliament attempted to reinforce the Ordinance with the Statute of Labourers. Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... A wage is the amount of money paid for some specified quantity of labour. ... The price level is a measurement of the average level of prices in an economy. ... // Events January 9 - The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland is rounded up and incinerated, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing bubonic plague. ...
The statute sets a maximum wage for laborers that is commeasurate to wages paid before the Black Death. It also mandated that able-bodied men and women work, and imposed harsh penalties for those who remained idle. In practice, the statute was poorly enforced and unsuccessful, but it set a precedent that distinguished between laborers who were "able in body" to work and those who could not work for other reasons. This distinguishing resurfaced in later laws regarding poverty. A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. ...
Widespread unrest caused by repressive legislation, such as the Statute of Labourers (1351) was brought to a head by the imposition of the POLL TAX of 1380.
statutes that deal with the tendency of government agencies and programs to be self-perpetuating by providing for their periodic review.
By a statute of 1275, the peine was usually to imprison and starve the prisoner until he submitted; in 1406 pressing by heavy weights was added to this.
Their labour it was that built the Pyramids, the public works at Lake Moeris, and the Labyrinth; there, too, they were exploited to the limit of physical endurance, just as were the Hebrews by the Egyptian taskmasters of a later period.
In England the Statute of Labourers, which had been re-enacted and amended at least ten times in the course of two centuries, was supplanted in 1563 by the famous statute of Elizabeth.
When we compare the condition and status of the labouring class during the best days of Greece and Rome with its condition and status to-day, we cannot doubt that the improvement is mostly due to Christianity, and that continued progress will be in proportion to the influence of Christian ideals in the social order.
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