Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Ευρωπαϊκή ΙστορίαLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Chatziathanasiou Emmanouil
Supervisors info:
Νικολέττα Γιαντσή, Καθηγήτρια Μεσαιωνικής Ιστορίας της Δύσεως, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Γαγανάκης Κωσταντίνος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Νεότερης Ευρωπαϊκής Ιστορίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Κουμανούδη Μαρίνα, Κύρια Ερευνήτρια, Τομέας Βυζαντινών Ερευνών, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών Ινστιτούτο Ιστορικών Ερευνών
Original Title:
Τα Διατάγματα για την εργασία ως πεδίο οικονομικής και πολιτικής αντιπαράθεσης στην Αγγλία του ύστερου Μεσαίωνα
Translated title:
The labour legislation as a field of economic and political conflict in late medieval England
Summary:
This master thesis delves into the English labour laws as a field of economic and political conflict in late medieval England. After the black death, a detrimental labour crisis stroke almost every corner of Europe. The elites had to deal with new economic and social pressure. In response, they launched harsh labour laws, which quickly withered everywhere, except from the English kingdom. There, they persisted forming a distinct social policy. The labour legislation failed its initial purpose: to overcome the new economic problems. Instead, it hardened the social crisis. The labour laws became a fearsome weapon for the economical exploitation of the workers and their social degradation. The world of labour retaliated, notwithstanding his new place. The conflict over labour was most severe in the civic communities, where the workers through their guilds and fraternities fought together for their interests and promoted the ideals of solidarity and “good labour”. The phenomenon generated social conflict, which was defused in every level of society. It initiated a distinct process of politicization for the English subjects affecting the political culture of the elites and the lower ranks of society.
Main subject category:
History
Keywords:
labour, Statute of Labourers, labour legislation, Μidlle Ages, England, world of labour, black death, plague, towns, elites, crown, lower ranks of society, conflict, guilds, fraternities, political culture, politicization, popular revolt
Number of references:
510
