HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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Since there were fewer workers, landlords had to pay serfs/peasants more, or they chose to work for themselves.
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Landlords who went on the Crusades brought back slaves to work for them.
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Kings became less powerful and landlords got more land for serfs/peasants to work on.
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Serfs/peasants served landlords by farming the land in exchange for protection by living on the manor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Europe. Europe suffered an especially-significant death toll from the plague. Modern estimates range between roughly one third and one half of the total European population in the five-year period of 1347 to 1351 died during which the most severely-affected areas may have lost up to 80% of the population.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sicilian authorities hastily ordered the fleet of “death ships” out of the harbor, but it was too late: Over the next five years, the Black Death would kill more than 20 million people in Europe-almost one-third of the continent’s population.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Black Death brought about a decline in feudalism. The significant drop in population because of massive numbers of deaths caused a labor shortage that helped end serfdom. Towns and cities grew. The decline of the guild system and an expansion in manufacturing changed Europe’s economy and society.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ole J Benedictow describes how he calculated that the Black Death killed 50 million people in the 14th century, or 60 per cent of Europe’s entire population.
Detailed explanation-5: -Feudalism in Europe declined due to the growth of polite culture, the rise of a centralised monarchy, the introduction of firearms, and the rise of nationalism and bureaucracy.