English economic history: select documents

Part 1: 1000-1485

The early English manor and borough

The feudal structure

The Jews

The manor

Towns and gilds

The regulation of trade, industry, and commerce

Taxation, customs and currency

Part 2: 1485-1660

Rural conditions

The regulation of industry by the state

The relief of the poor and the regulation of prices

The encouragement of industry and commerce

Part 3: 1660-1846

Industrial organization and social conditions

Agriculture and enclosure

Government regulation of wages, conditions of employment, and public health

Combinations of workmen

The relief of the poor

Finance and foreign trade.