the nature of crime in later middle ages

• as the population grew, more .... grew as well

  opportunities for crime
• when was the black death?

  1348
• what did the black death cause?

  survivors demanding an increase in wages
• what was the statute of labourers of 1351?

  it introduced a max wage and made it a crime to ask for more.

  it also made it a crime to move to a new area to find a better job.
• what were lollards?


  people questioning the practices of the church
• when were the laws against heresy introduced by parliament?

  1382, 1401, and 1414.
• what did lollards play a role in?

  the peasants revolt of 1381.