HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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They were able to demand more rights and take advantage of new opportunities.
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They were forced to return to a feudal economy.
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The could no longer live in cities, so they moved to farms.
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They all were able to move into positions of nobility after the nobles had died.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Economic Impact of the Plague There was increased social mobility, as depopulation further eroded the peasants’ already weakened obligations to remain on their traditional holdings. Feudalism never recovered. Land was plentiful, wages high, and serfdom had all but disappeared.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bubonic plague causes fever, fatigue, shivering, vomiting, headaches, giddiness, intolerance to light, pain in the back and limbs, sleeplessness, apathy, and delirium. It also causes buboes: one or more of the lymph nodes become tender and swollen, usually in the groin or armpits.
Detailed explanation-3: -When workers are more productive, employers are willing to pay higher wages. The Black Death was a great tragedy. However, the decrease in population caused by the plague increased the wages of peasants. As a result, peasants began to enjoy a higher standard of living and greater freedom.
Detailed explanation-4: -68, 596 deaths were recorded in London, with the true number likely to be over 100, 000, and many thousands more across the country were killed. Businesses and shops suffered badly because plague victims and their families were locked up in their homes, so less money was being spent.