 | 1902 - 742 strani
..." I iind," eays Thorold Ilogers, in chapter ii. of Work and Wages, " that the fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth were the golden...time were wages, relatively speaking, so high, and at no time was food so cheap." This in spite of the fact that " attempts were constantly made to reduce... | |
 | 1904 - 738 strani
...Professor Thorold Rogers tells us in his Six Centuries of Work and Wages, the " fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth were the golden age of the English labourer. ... At no time were wages relatively speaking so high, and at no time was food so cheap." Measured... | |
 | John Stahl Patterson - 1886 - 226 strani
...that the 15th century and the first quarter of the 16th were the golden age of the English laborer, if we are to interpret the wages which he earned by...life. At no time were wages, relatively speaking, BO high, and at no time was food so cheap ;'' and laborers worked but eight hours daily. A hundred... | |
 | Terence Vincent Powderly, Edmund Janes James - 1886 - 698 strani
...investigations of Professor Rogers, and most other investigators agree with him, the fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth were the golden age of the English laborer, if we are to interpret the wages he earned by the cost of the necessaries of life. At no time... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1888 - 742 strani
...beggars " and the like ; but we have it upon a high economical authority " that the fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth were the golden...which he earned by the cost of the necessaries of life."t When the greater monasteries had been plundered and wrecked, and the Church had been robbed,... | |
 | J. Morrison-Fuller, Walter C. Rose - 1890 - 528 strani
...WDP Bliss, with an Introduction by Richard T. Ely. The main thesis is that the fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth were the golden age of the English laborer; that during this period his wages were the highest reckoned in terms of the necessaries of... | |
 | James Edwin Thorold Rogers - 1890 - 208 strani
...GOLDEN AGE AND THE LANDLORDS' CONSPIRACY. {HAVE stated more than once that the fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth were the golden age of the English laborer, if we are to interpret the wages which he earned by the cost of the necessaries of life. At... | |
 | Giacomo Luzzatti - 1892 - 240 strani
...ROGERS, ibid., pag. 326 e seg. «I nave stated more than once that the fifteenth century and the flrst quarter of the sixteenth were the golden age of the English labourer, if we are to interprete the wages which he earned by the cosi of the necessaries of life. At no time were wages... | |
 | George Edwin McNeill - 1892 - 724 strani
...investigations of Professor Rogers, and most other investigators agree with him, the fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth were the golden age of the English laborer, if we are to interpret the wages he earned by the cost of the necessaries of life. At no time... | |
 | James Edwin Thorold Rogers - 1894 - 222 strani
...ated—Elizabeth'sExpedient of making the Coin only Two-thirds its nominal Value. I FIND that the fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth were the golden...time were wages, relatively speaking, so high, and at no time was food so cheap. Attempts were constantly made to reduce these wages by Act of Parliament,... | |
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I have stated more than once that the fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth were the golden age of the English labourer, if we are to interpret the wages which he earned by the cost of the necessaries of life. At no time were wages,... 
