The Thirteenth Century.—The Manor at its Zenith, with Seeds of Decay already visible.—Walter of Henley
The Fourteenth Century.—Decline of Agriculture.—The Black Death.— Statute of Labourers
How the Classes connected with the Land lived in the Middle Ages
The Break-up of the Manor.—Spread of Leases.—The Peasants' Revolt.—Further Attempts to regulate Wages.—A Harvest Home.—Beginning of the Corn Laws.—Some Surrey Manors
1400-1540. The so-called 'Golden Age of the Labourer' in a Period of General Distress