Effects of the Black Death on Europe's Economy and the Peasants Revolt by Sammy https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7 en-us 2017-08-01 00:32:13 UTC 2026-02-19 05:06:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Kapow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_of_the_Black_Death samamegc https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179809050 "Drastic population decline brought on by the plague, wages shot up and laborers could move to new localities in response to wage offers."
"Europe had been overpopulated before the plague, and a reduction of 30% to 50% of the population could have resulted in higher wages and more available land and food for peasants because of less competition for resources"
"waves of plague following the initial outbreak of the Black Death had a leveling effect that changed the ratio of land to labor, reducing the value of the former while boosting that of the latter, which lowered economic inequality by making landowners and employers less well off while improving the lot of the workers"
"the observed improvement in living standards of the laboring population was rooted in the suffering and premature death of tens of millions over the course of several generations."
"The great population loss brought favourable results to the surviving peasants in England and Western Europe. There was increased social mobility, as depopulation further eroded the peasants"]]> 2017-08-01 00:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179809050 RULERS RESIST WORKERS’ DEMANDS FOR HIGHER WAGES http://msh.councilforeconed.org/documents/978-1-56183-758-8-activity-lesson-15.pdf samamegc https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179846282 "The plague had an important effect on the relationship between the lords who owned much of the land in Europe and the peasants who worked for the lords. As people died, it became harder and harder to find people to plow fields, harvest crops, and produce other goods and services. Peasants began to demand higher wages. European rulers tried to keep wages from rising. An English law in 1349 tried to force workers to accept the same wages they received in 1346. A similar law, the Statute of Laborers,3 was issued in 1351. The statute said that every healthy unemployed person under 60 years old must work for anyone who wanted to hire him. Workers who violated the Statute of Laborers were fined and were put in stocks as punishment for disobeying the statute. In 1360, punishments became worse. Workers who demanded higher wages could be sent to prison and—if they escaped—branded with the letter “F” (possibly for Fugitive) on their foreheads."
" Wages increased because there were fewer workers—labor had become more scarce. "]]> 2017-08-01 09:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179846282 The Statute of Laborers samamegc https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179846536 The Statute of Labourers was a law created by the English parliament under King Edward III in 1351 in response to a labour shortage, designed to suppress the labour force by prohibiting increases in wages and prohibiting the movement of workers from their home areas in search of improved conditions. The law stated:
  • No peasants could be paid more than the wages paid in 1346
  • No lord or master should offer more wages than paid in 1346
  • No peasants could leave the village they belonged to
"Though some peasants decided to ignore the statute, many knew that disobedience would lead to serious punishment. In 1380 the government also introduced the third Poll Tax in just four years. Landlords were constantly increasing rents on their land to which the peasants was now tied by the Statute of Labourers. This created great anger amongst the peasants which was to boil over in 1381 with the Peasants Revolt. It can therefore be argued that the Black Death and the Poll Tax was the cause of the Peasants Revolt"
]]> 2017-08-01 10:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179846536 http://www.lordsandladies.org/the-peasants-revolt.htm samamegc https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179907311 "The peasants who survived the Black Death (1348-1350) believed that there was something special about them – almost as if God had protected them. Therefore, they took the opportunity offered by the disease to improve their lifestyle."
"In 1381, and under the leadership of heroes such as Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, the peasants marched to London in order to present a petition to the king. 60,000 strong, the petitioned called for the abolition of serfdom, tithes and the game laws as well as the right to freely use the forests. The peasants also demanded that the poll tax be abolished. John Ball, a priest who spoke regularly to the people gathered in the marketplace, expressed the sentiments of the revolt."]]> 2017-08-02 01:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179907311 https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-economic-impact-of-the-black-death/ 130043 https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179909812 The Black Death was the largest demographic disaster in European history. killed between seventeen and twenty—eight million people.  Its gruesome symptoms and deadliness have fixed the Black Death in popular imagination; moreover, uncovering the disease’s cultural, social, and economic impact has engaged generations of scholars. As with agriculture, assessment of the Black Death’s impact on the economy’s commercial sector is a complex problem. The vibrancy of the high medieval economy is generally conceded. As the first millennium gave way to the second, urban life revived, trade and manufacturing flourished, merchant and craft gilds emerged, commercial and financial innovations proliferated.

]]> 2017-08-02 02:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179909812 How did this affect peoples lives? samamegc https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179911169 It gave people, specifically the peasants, social mobility and the ability to increase their status'. Peasants were able to make more money because of how desperate land owners became for work, making them willing to pay higher wages. As land owners died, some peasants were able to take over the land. The Peasants Revolt  was a march/protest that demanded for a better standard of living. ]]> 2017-08-02 02:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/samamegc/76hgte5sa0s7/wish/179911169