WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

DECLINE OF FEUDALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the plague change the lives of the survivors?
A
Common people gained more power, because there was a shortage of workers.
B
Many peasants and serfs left the manors and moved to cities.
C
Peasants rebelled when nobles tried to return things to how they had once been.
D
all of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After the ravages of the disease, surviving Europeans lived longer, a new study finds. An analysis of bones in London cemeteries from before and after the plague reveals that people had a lower risk of dying at any age after the first plague outbreak compared with before.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -A new study suggests that people who survived the medieval mass-killing plague known as the Black Death lived significantly longer and were healthier than people who lived before the epidemic struck in 1347.

Detailed explanation-4: -Those who had survived the plague began to enjoy higher standards of living as a result. While there was a significant improvement for many peasants, some sections of society did not benefit at all from the impact of the Black Death.

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