a person in the medieval period who worked the land and had few legal protections

The Statute of Labourers and the response to the Black Death

History

In this unit, pupils considered how a range of political, economic and social factors made the lives of peasants difficult in medieval England. In 'Life in Tudor England: was there a 'Golden Age' for the poor?', pupils will extend their knowledge of the lives of those who made up the majority of England's population by assessing the quality of life of the poor by the late-16th century.

In 'The Black Death and the Silk Road: how connected was the medieval world?', pupils studied some of the key consequences of the Black Death. In this unit, pupils will explain how those consequences contributed to the social and economic tensions which triggered the Peasants' Revolt in England.

The Peasants' Revolt: why do historians disagree about its causes?

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Lords had a Christian duty to care for peasants.

Lords needed peasants to farm their lands for them.

Lords could not leave their estates without peasant permission.

Why did lords have a problem when half the peasants died of the Black Death?

A {{}}is a person doing unskilled work for wages.

In 1349, King Edward III issued the Ordinance of {{}}.

Labourers had to quarantine for 40 days if they had Black Death symptoms.

Labourers should stop asking for more money from lords.

Labourers should work for the same wages as they had  been paid in 1348.

Lords should offer higher wages to labourers if they needed workers.

a person who worked the land and had few legal protections

Match the words to their correct definitions.

Labourers start negotiating for higher wages

In which year did the Black Death first reach England?

What was the name of the sumptuous palace that was a target of the 1381 Revolt?

Which of the following were **not** symptoms of the Black Death?

What was the name of the port where it is thought the Black Death first arrived in England?

Most historians now believe that between one third and a {{}} of England's population died of the Black Death in 1348-49.

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This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

The Statute of Labourers and the response to the Black Death

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This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.