Description: Attitudes towards `labour', in the wake of the Black Death, shown to range from early protest literature to repressive authoritarianism.
Brief description: Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. He has written, edited, co-authored and co-edited many books, including William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County (Boydell, 2009).
Review Quotes: Interesting and stimulating collection. effectively illustrated the worth of subjecting traditional historiographical themes to further scrutiny and to new methodological approaches.-- "ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW"