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Is that yet another example of confusing "Work" with "Employment" ?
Although I do not know if Rodgers mentions it but it is generally accepted
that the labourer of that age, as so many other times, hardly handled any
money.
But they fought to retain their rights to the commons and the wastes.
That was a loosing battle over the ages :-(
Ken.
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Dear Friends,
"How is it that in 1495 the labourer was able to maintain himself in a
standard of living considerably higher, relatively to his generation, than
that of the present time, with only 50 days labour a year?" (Douglas, not
sure which work)
"In so cheap a year as this [1495], the peasant could provision his family
for a twelvemonth with three quarters of wheat, three of malt, and two of
oatmeal, by fifteen weeks of ordinary work; an artizan could achieve the
same result in ten weeks." (Rogers, Six Centuries of Work and Wages, p.
389; this was the 1949 reprint with a preface by GDH Cole; 591 pages, just
like Keith's copy)
Perhaps Douglas came up with 50 days by multiplying 10 weeks x 5 days a
week. In any case the Rogers quote says not that the artizan WORKED only
ten weeks in the year but that ten weeks' work would buy a year's worth of
grain. The Douglas quote makes it sound as if he WORKED only 50 days.
"From 312 to 252 or 235 days are reckoned in the mason's year. That of
the carpenter . . . is as long as the first of these quantities. . . . An
employment for 312 days leaves only one holiday besides the Sundays"
(Rogers, p. 181).
By the same token, 252 workdays would leave 61 holidays beside Sundays,
and 235 workdays would leave 78 holidays beside Sundays. However, I do
not know where I came up with the number 40, and I have to convict myself
of sloppy scholarship and/or math here.
Rogers give evidence for an eight-hour day on pp. 180 and 542.
Michael
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FAMILY==3D"SERIF" FACE=3D"Goudy Old Style" LANG=3D"0">Dear Friends,<BR>
<BR>
"How is it that in 1495 the labourer was able to maintain himself in a
stand=ard of living considerably higher, relatively to his generation,
than that o=f the present time, with only 50 days labour a year?"
(Douglas, not su=re which work)<BR>
<BR>
"In so cheap a year as this [1495], the peasant could provision his family
f=or a twelvemonth with three quarters of wheat, three of malt, and two of
oat=meal, by fifteen weeks of ordinary work; an artizan could achieve the
same r=esult in ten weeks." (Rogers, <I>Six Centuries of Work and
Wages,</I>=20=p. 389; this was the 1949 reprint with a preface by GDH
Cole; 591 pages, jus=t like Keith's copy)<BR>
<BR>
Perhaps Douglas came up with 50 days by multiplying 10 weeks x 5 days a
week=. In any case the Rogers quote says not that the artizan WORKED
only t=en weeks in the year but that ten weeks' work would buy a year's
worth of gr=ain. The Douglas quote makes it sound as if he WORKED
only 50 days.<BR=>
<BR>
"From 312 to 252 or 235 days are reckoned in the mason's year. That
of= the carpenter . . . is as long as the first of these quantities. . . .
An e=mployment for 312 days leaves only one holiday besides the Sundays"
(Rogers,= p. 181).<BR>
<BR>
By the same token, 252 workdays would leave 61 holidays beside Sundays,
and=20=235 workdays would leave 78 holidays beside Sundays. However,
I do not= know where I came up with the number 40, and I have to convict
myself of sl=oppy scholarship and/or math here.<BR>
<BR>
Rogers give evidence for an eight-hour day on pp. 180 and 542.<BR>
<BR>
Michael</FONT></HTML>
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