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THE PRICE OF WOOL 



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matter of fact, the price of wool fell during this period, the 

 causal sequence is reversed. If the price of wool fell, the 

 increase in the manufacture of woollens has no relation to 

 the enclosure movement, unless it is its result, and we are 

 forced to look elsewhere for the cause of the increase of 

 sheep- farming. 



Date 



1 261- 1 400 



1351-1400 

 1401-1460 

 1461-1500 

 I 501-1540 



The accompanying tables and chart, showing the changes 

 in the price of wool and of wheat from the middle of the 



thirteenth century through the first quarter of the sixteenth 

 century, have been prepared from the materials given by 



