Labour Laws in Preindustrial Europe The Coercion and Regulation of Wage Labour, c.1350-1850

Explores the variety of legal and regulatory regimes that existed in Western Europe to control labour and how workers experienced those controls. Many economic historians have assumed that labour in Western Europe was 'free' after the end of serfdom in the fifteenth century. These assumpti...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge Boydell & Brewer 2023
Series:People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History
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