HASS8 Black Death: Impacts of the plague on Medieval Europe: Effects on Medieval People

The Consequences and effects of the Black Death plague were far reaching in England:

• Prices and Wages rose
• Greater value was placed on labour
• Farming land was given over to pasturing, which was much less labour-intensive
• This change in farming led to a boost in the cloth and woollen industry
• Peasants moved from the country to the towns
• The Black Death was therefore also responsible for the decline of the Feudal system
• People became disillusioned with the church and its power and influence went into decline
• This resulted in the English reformation

Immunity: Scientists have found that those that survived the plague had genetic markers similar to those that survived HIV/AIDS. They could only collect DNA samples from direct descendants of plague survivors and isolated CCR5.