Consequences

Consequences

__//**What were the effects and Consquences of the plague?**//__ - It killed 2/3 of the population -It caused a dramatic change in the economy and society in all areas of the world. - The immediate economic effect of the plague was that they huge death toll created a serouis labor shortage that affected all aspects of the economy. -The economic effect of the plague was that the huge death doll created serious shortage that affected all aspects of the economy. -The Feudal system was something that impacted the peasants badly, it was a economic and political system of Europe from the 9th century to around the 15th century. It was based on the holding of land in fee and the relation of the lord to homage legal and military service. -The black plague killed off tons of the peasants who worked the land leaving a shortage of money, also alot of the nobles died. now there was less people, peasants could demand higher wages, lower rent and could buy more land. -In agriculture, if the plague struct a town in summer, there were not enough laborers to harvest crops in the fall. If it struct in winter, there were not enough laborers to plant in the spring. Eventually, smaller farming villages and towns disappeared from the map because there was no one left to keep the farm land running, the ones that do survive moved to other lands. -Great was the death toll and fear of the plague that many courts and legislative bodies on both local and provincial levels were abandoned. Even the structure of waging war was effected by the plage. -In 1348 the hundred years war was put off due to the high plague death toll among soldiers. - Many nobles and vassals were killed by the plague, opening the door for kings who claimed power and gained a strong nation states that governed Europe through the Renascence. -The Black Death was one of the worst widespread pandemics in history. It started in the Gobi desert then swept over Europe in the early 14th century. It also was in a large portion of Asia and the middle east which indicates this was actually a world wide thing. -Europe was overpopulated before the plague, and a decrees of thirty percent to fifty percent of the population should have meant less competition for resources. -The great population loss brought economic changes based on increased social mobility, as depopulation further eroded the peasants' already weakened obligations to remain on the land. -The Black Death opened the way to increased peasant prosperity. -The Middle Ages marked a time of strong religious convictions, and it was during the Bubonic Plague that anger toward the Roman Catholic Church and the persecution of Jews increased by alot. The church played an important role in the lives of the people of the 13th and 14th Centuries. It was forced to devide when Christians demanded help. The biggest action taken by the church involved causes of the Plague. It was forced to defend itself and other religious groups. Victims of the disease often stayed in monasteries and hospitals run by church officials. -A series of dangerous attacks on Jews, lepers, and outsiders was a long-term consequence of the plague, because they were believed to have 'started' the disease, therefore creating a scapegoat for having an excuse to kill outcasts and people who didn't belong. The attacks began in the south of France, but were most dramatic in parts of Switzerland and Germany. - The jew were there target because they found them strange they dressed different, they had a different religion and they were accused of steal baby that were Christians and kill them. They also thought they killed jesus. -There was more available land, food and higher wages after the plague. -They engaged in wild celebration to celebrate being alive after the plague had passed. They held gluttonous banquets, drank, wore extravagant clothing and gambled.