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The Economic, Political, and Social Effects of the Black Death
Title: The Economic, Political, and Social Effects of the Black Death
Category: History / European History
Details: Words: 1277 | Pages: 5.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Economic, Political, and Social Effects of the Black Death
Imagine one half of the world's population by wiped out in a space of less than a ten years. You probably cannot imagine such an event occurring; it seems unreal. Yet, this very thing happened in the between the years 1347 and 1351 in Europe. This massive destruction of human life was known as the Black Death. This Black Death was an ecological disaster on a global scale. The effects of the plague on human and certain …showed first 75 words of 1277 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1277 total…be the same. Overpopulated towns suddenly became deserted. Flourishing commerce suddenly became dead and empty. Whereas the dead were once respected and taken care of, now they were devalued and thrown in piles. The kings continued to gain in power, due to the weakening of the feudal system. In retrospect, the Black Death was, perhaps, one of the most transforming events in human history. The economy, society, and politics of the time were transformed forever.
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