Effects of the Plague

The Effects of The Plague on the Economic and Social Life of Europe The Black Death is the name later given to the Epidemic of plague that took over Europe between 1347 and 1351. The disease affected all areas of life. It caused chaos wherever it was spread. Depopulation and shortage of labor didn’t help the wealthy; a society once based on your amount of wealth (land) was now turning into a battle between the social …

…society they once had. A new government was needed. The nobles quickly rejected hopes for a better life; many commoners then rose in rebellion. The French Jacquerie of 1358, the English Peasant's Rebellion in 1381, the Catalonian Rebellion in 1395, were all reactions by the peasants. None of these rebellions were successful. There was a huge decline in the birth rate. Europe's population was half what it had been in 1345. Europe's population took about six generations to recover.