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Great Leveler: Violence and History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century, The
Scheidel, Walter

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Book ID: 359 Page: 4

Section: 4B

Yet by the time of Pope Gregory the Great, around 600 CE, great estates had disappeared, and what little was left of the Roman aristocracy relied on papal handouts to keep them afloat.

Quote ID: 8154

Time Periods: 56


Book ID: 359 Page: 319

Section: 3E

…a pandemic known as the Justinianic Plague, which lasted from 541 to about 750 CE.

Quote ID: 8155

Time Periods: 67


Book ID: 359 Page: 321

Section: 3E

A mere three years after the plague’s first appearance, the emperor Justinian condemned rising demands by workers and sought to ban them by government fiat.

Quote ID: 8156

Time Periods: 6


Book ID: 359 Page: 322

Section: 3E

This is the earliest known attempt to contain bargaining power in the face of an epidemic, a precursor to similar measures in medieval England and France and in early Spanish Mexico. But as the plague lingered and demand for labor grew, this decree’s effect on wages would have been limited at best.

Quote ID: 8157

Time Periods: 6



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