The Crisis of the 14th Century
The Black Death, climate change, and the peasant revolts that undermined the feudal order.
Key Questions
- 1How did the labor shortage after the plague empower the peasantry?
- 2What was the psychological impact of the Black Death on European religiosity?
- 3How did the "Little Ice Age" disrupt the agricultural economy?
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