1559 - Commerce
Commerce
English food prices soar to three times their 1501 levels largely because Henry VIII debased the coinage to raise quick money for his wars with Spain, France, and Scotland. The typical English wage is up only 69 percent above its 1501 level (see 1550; coinage, 1561).
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