WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Wages of labourers were high, but the rise in nominal wages after the Black Death was swamped by inflation and so real wages fell. Labour was in such a short supply that landlords were forced to give better terms of tenure. That resulted in much lower rents in Western Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -These huge death tolls sparked off a chain of events that would redefine the position of the peasant in England. Due to the fact that so many had died, there were far fewer people to work the land: peasants were therefore able to demand better conditions and higher wages from their landlords.

Detailed explanation-3: -The medieval Silk Road brought a wealth of goods, spices, and new ideas from China and Central Asia to Europe. In 1346, the trade also likely carried the deadly bubonic plague that killed as many as half of all Europeans within 7 years, in what is known as the Black Death.

Detailed explanation-4: -GREATER SCARCITY OF LABOR RESULTS IN HIGHER WAGES Some farm animals died when the people who took care of them died. Because the remaining workers had more tools and land to work, they became more productive, producing more goods and services. When workers are more productive, employers are willing to pay higher wages.

Detailed explanation-5: -Farm work was peasant work, whether performed by serfs bound to a particular manor, tenant farmers or wage laborers hired by the year or the season. But the staggering mortality of the Black Death reduced this previously sufficient peasant population sharply enough to create a severe labor shortage.