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CHAPTER V

The Black Death and the Peasants' Rebellion

Economic Changes of the Later Fourteenth and Early Fifteenth Centuries

• National Affairs from 1338 to 1461
• The Black Death and its Effects
• The Statutes of Laborers
• The Peasants' Rebellion of 1381
• Commutation of Services
• The Abandonment of Demesne Farming
• The Decay of Serfdom
• Changes in Town Life and Foreign Trade
• Bibliography

CHAPTER VI

The Breaking up of the Mediæval System

Economic Changes of the Later Fifteenth and the Sixteenth Centuries

• National Affairs from 1461 to 1603
• Enclosures
• Internal Divisions in the Craft Gilds
• Change of Location of Industries
• The Influence of the Government on the Gilds
• General Causes and Evidences of the Decay of the Gilds
• The Growth of Native Commerce
• The Merchants Adventurers
• Government Encouragement of Commerce
• The Currency
• Interest
• Paternal Government
• Bibliography

CHAPTER VII

The Expansion of England

Economic Changes of the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries

• National Affairs from 1603 to 1760
• The Extension of Agriculture
• The Domestic System of Manufactures
• Commerce under the Navigation Acts
• Finance
• Bibliography

CHAPTER VIII

The Period of the Industrial Revolution

Economic Changes of the Later Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

• National Affairs from 1760 to 1830
• The Great Mechanical Inventions
• The Factory System
• Iron, Coal, and Transportation
• The Revival of Enclosures
• Decay of Domestic Manufacture
• The Laissez-faire Theory
• Cessation of Government Regulation
• Individualism
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