Statute of Labourers
1351 · Event
Parliament freezes wages after Black Death labour shortage; resentment helps fuel the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
On these timelines: The Peasants' Revolt, The Black Death, Master, United Kingdom (combined), England
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