WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

DECLINE OF FEUDALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the spread of the Black plague in Europe?
A
Led to an extreme loss of life; about a third of the population of Europe died in the plague.
B
European cities began to grow larger and flourish; many people came to the city for employment.
C
Serfs began to demand more rights and privileges from their landlords in exchange for the services.
D
Caused the collapse of the manor system due to city migration and population decline in rural communities.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -The effects of the Black Death were many and varied. Trade suffered for a time, and wars were temporarily abandoned. Many labourers died, which devastated families through lost means of survival and caused personal suffering; landowners who used labourers as tenant farmers were also affected.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following were effects of the plague? There was a decrease in trade, There was a decrease of the prestige of the Church, There was an increase in the number of serfs leaving manors. How did warfare change during the Hundred Years War? Archers with longbows became more important to the army.

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