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Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 16 Jun 1531 Henry VIII modified vagrancy laws which were key in creating the ...

#OtD 16 Jun 1531 Henry VIII modified vagrancy laws which were key in creating the working class. People kicked off communal land who were not in wage labour were designated as vagabonds and were to be whipped, then mutilated, then executed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8796/henry-viii-vagrancy-laws