§ 9. Causes of the decay of the yeomanry

§ 10. Great increase of enclosures

§ 11. Benefits of enclosures as compared with the old common fields

§ 12. The rise in rent

§ 13. The fall in wages

[37] As to the alleged futility of these assessments see Industry in England, p. 257.

CHAPTER V COMMERCE AND WAR IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

§ 1. England a commercial power

§ 2. The beginnings of the struggle with Spain

§ 3. Cromwell’s commercial wars