(In-kind) Wages and labour relations in the Middle Ages
It’s not (all) about the money
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9814484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jordan Claridge (0000-0002-8064-7394, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author), Vincent Delabastita (0000-0002-4187-5220, Radboud University Nijmegen), Sherry Gibbs (0000-0002-6832-7988, University of Mannheim), Spike Gibbs |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Pages | 101626 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Explorations in Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-4983 • E-ISSN: 1090-2457 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101626 |
| OpenAlex | W4403016971 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 76 |
This paper explores the prevalence of in-kind wages in medieval labour markets and the underlying reasons for their use. Using a new dataset of agricultural labourers in medieval England, we demonstrate that, until the late fourteenth century, wages were recorded anonymously and most remuneration was done through in-kind payment. From the 1370s, however, labour remuneration shifted increasingly to cash and workers began to be named individually in the accounts which recorded their wages. We argue that these changes reveal a fundamental shift in labour relations in late medieval England, providing new empirical insights into the ‘golden age of labour’ that followed the Black Death
Economics · Labour economics · Middle Ages · Real wages · Wage · European Political History Analysis · Historical Economic and Legal Thought · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |