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A 4 page paper which examines what affect the Black Death had on Europe’s economy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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It was an event that lasted years, coming back often, and one that wiped out perhaps as much as a third of the population in the civilized world of Europe.
One individual claims that it was likely more: "As a result of the Black Death 70% of those infected with the plague die, resulting in the deaths of 1/3 to
1/2 of the European population" (Payne). It was a confusing disease that the people often felt was a curse from God. Doctors did not understand it, and could do nothing
to keep it from spreading. Even today the plague still stands as something of a mystery. Bearing in mind that so many people in Europe died within a few years
of the Black Death it is obvious that the economy of these nations changed drastically as well. The following paper examines how the economy was changed by the Black Death.
Black Death and the Economy One author notes that the economy of Europe, as a whole, was weakening prior to the plague. They claim that "three hundred years
of economic advance came to an end in the early 14th c. The causes of this economic decline are not fully known, but the fact that there were signs of
it in some places before the Black Death or the wars suggests that the economic system itself was at fault" (Rempel). By the time the year 1300 came around Europe
was quite heavily populated and there was no new land from which new crops could be grown to feed the numbers of people (Rempel). This author also notes that the
Black Death, which killed as many as half a towns population in any given area, was not necessarily as responsible for economic change as one may think. "If it sharply
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