INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
BEGINNING OF RENAISSANCE
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Question
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Nothing changed
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wealthy people became wealthier
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People were able to move up in society faster
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There were more poor people
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Detailed explanation-1: -The plague had large scale social and economic effects, many of which are recorded in the introduction of the Decameron. People abandoned their friends and family, fled cities, and shut themselves off from the world. Funeral rites became perfunctory or stopped altogether, and work ceased being done.
Detailed explanation-2: -Genetic shift. The Black Death caused so many deaths that, even today, genetic diversity is lower in the UK than it was in the 11th century, says New Scientist. The plague also “left a mark on the human genome, favouring those who carried certain immune system genes”, says Science magazine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Changing land-contracts and end of serfdom Many villages were abandoned. In England, more than 1300 villages were deserted between 1350 and 1500. Wages of labourers were high, but the rise in nominal wages after the Black Death was swamped by inflation and so real wages fell.