Statute of Labourers 1351
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The Statute of Labourers 1351 was a landmark English law enacted after the Black Death to cap wages and restrict workers’ mobility in an effort to preserve pre-plague economic and social structures.
All labels observed (1)
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| Statute of Labourers 1351 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T520570 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Statute of Labourers 1351 Context triple: [Edward III of England, significantLegislation, Statute of Labourers 1351]
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Statute of Mortmain
The Statute of Mortmain was a medieval English law aimed at restricting the transfer of land into the perpetual ownership of the Church and other religious corporations, thereby protecting feudal lords’ rights and revenues.
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Statute of Quia Emptores
The Statute of Quia Emptores is a 1290 English law that reformed feudal landholding by allowing free alienation of land and effectively halting the creation of new feudal tenures.
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C.
Triennial Act 1641
The Triennial Act 1641 was an English law passed during the early Stuart period that sought to limit royal authority by requiring that Parliament be summoned at least once every three years.
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D.
The Statutes of the Realm
The Statutes of the Realm is an authoritative multi-volume collection of English and later British parliamentary statutes, covering legislation from the medieval period through the early modern era.
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E.
Petition of Right 1628
The Petition of Right 1628 was a landmark English constitutional document that challenged King Charles I’s abuses of power by asserting fundamental rights such as protection from arbitrary imprisonment and taxation without Parliament’s consent.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Statute of Labourers 1351 Target entity description: The Statute of Labourers 1351 was a landmark English law enacted after the Black Death to cap wages and restrict workers’ mobility in an effort to preserve pre-plague economic and social structures.
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A.
Statute of Mortmain
The Statute of Mortmain was a medieval English law aimed at restricting the transfer of land into the perpetual ownership of the Church and other religious corporations, thereby protecting feudal lords’ rights and revenues.
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B.
Statute of Quia Emptores
The Statute of Quia Emptores is a 1290 English law that reformed feudal landholding by allowing free alienation of land and effectively halting the creation of new feudal tenures.
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C.
Triennial Act 1641
The Triennial Act 1641 was an English law passed during the early Stuart period that sought to limit royal authority by requiring that Parliament be summoned at least once every three years.
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D.
The Statutes of the Realm
The Statutes of the Realm is an authoritative multi-volume collection of English and later British parliamentary statutes, covering legislation from the medieval period through the early modern era.
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E.
Petition of Right 1628
The Petition of Right 1628 was a landmark English constitutional document that challenged King Charles I’s abuses of power by asserting fundamental rights such as protection from arbitrary imprisonment and taxation without Parliament’s consent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English statute
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medieval labour law ⓘ wage control law ⓘ |
| affectedGroup |
agricultural labourers
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peasants ⓘ urban workers ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
maintaining traditional hierarchies
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preventing wage inflation ⓘ |
| category |
1350s in law
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Labour law in the United Kingdom ⓘ Medieval English law ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| effect |
attempted to freeze wages at pre-plague levels
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limited workers’ ability to move in search of higher wages ⓘ strengthened the position of landowners and employers ⓘ |
| enactedIn | 1351 ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism |
penalties for employers who paid above the set rates
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penalties for workers who left their employers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalArea |
labour law
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social control ⓘ wage regulation ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
Act of Parliament of England
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linked to:
Acts of Parliament
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| longTermImpact | contributed to tensions leading to later social unrest in England ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | labour shortages caused by the Black Death ⓘ |
| purpose |
to cap wages
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to preserve pre-plague economic structures ⓘ to preserve pre-plague social structures ⓘ to restrict workers’ mobility ⓘ |
| reignOf | Edward III of England ⓘ |
| relatedToConcept |
feudalism
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labour market regulation ⓘ serfdom ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent |
Black Death in England
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linked to:
Black Death
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| temporalContext | after the Black Death ⓘ |
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Subject: Statute of Labourers 1351 Description of subject: The Statute of Labourers 1351 was a landmark English law enacted after the Black Death to cap wages and restrict workers’ mobility in an effort to preserve pre-plague economic and social structures.
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