List of prices of medieval items (2009)
So, from the document:<p>Row house in York (well built) -&gt; 5£<p>Also:<p>Laborer wage -&gt; 2£&#x2F;year<p>In 1300, 2.5 years of wages bought a good property in York. Interesting.<p>Also, using pjc50&#x27;s linked calculator:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.measuringworth.com&#x2F;calculators&#x2F;ukcompare&#x2F;relativevalue.php?use[]=CPI&amp;use[]=NOMINALEARN&amp;year_early=1300&amp;pound71=5&amp;shilling71=&amp;pence71=&amp;amount=5&amp;year_source=1300&amp;year_result=2016" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.measuringworth.com&#x2F;calculators&#x2F;ukcompare&#x2F;relativ...</a><p>5£ in 1300 are more or less equivalent to £3,534.00 in 2014&#x27;s purchasing power.<p>I don&#x27;t think I can <i>rent</i> a house in York for a year for that kind of money.<p>What&#x27;s going on? It looks like that 1300&#x27;s little folk was better off than we are. Technology has improved, but social distances are bigger than ever. Yes, we have heating and the internet and all that, but if you look back Louis XIV didn&#x27;t have any of that... does that mean he was poor?<p>God I despise this world so much.