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Manorial lords maintained their incomes by raising rents.
Nathan Smart
Property owners as noted above escape Price Revoutions largely intact, this is most likely due to the inelastic value of land. Peasants had to cultivte the land to survive, and had to pay increasing prices to access it.
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
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