The Bubonic Plague: The Black Death In Europe

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The Bubonic Plague, or the "The Black Death" as its mostly known as, broke out in Europe in about 1347. The Black Death affected the European society in quite a few ways which include a reduce in population which affected the economy, hatred for Jews and damaged the feudal system.
The plague destroyed about one quarter of the European population, because of all the deaths of so many people it caused wages to go up which gave some the chance to get a better condition of employment. Because of illness and death, rents were no longer paid, there was a shortage of workers since labour and serfs were lacking and were called up into regional military forces in times of need. Because of the labour shortages caused by the Black Death the aristocracy