After the plague
X Many Christians blamed the Jews by stating that they were trying to poison them, many were tortured and brutally attacked. After a few forced confessions, Jews were executed in mass numbers and expelled from all across Europe.
X Population control: in the 13th Century, the population of Europe had doubled in size, the Bubonic Plague killed 1/3 of Europe's population, roughly about 20-25 million people.
X Population control: in the 13th Century, the population of Europe had doubled in size, the Bubonic Plague killed 1/3 of Europe's population, roughly about 20-25 million people.
Art was Changed by the Plague
Dance of the Dead. A window in the St. Andrews church.
Literature and Art soon took more darker inspirations becoming messages of Death and destruction rather than of history. Many artists began drawing and taking so much inspiration from the death, that it became common to see images of the hard realities of the epidemic.
Economy
X After the Black Death, the economy quickly turned in favor for the serfs. With so many workers dead the price for working hands went up. Land owning Aristocrats had to pay more money for serfs to continue to work for them and not run off to the paying land owner across the street.
X Trade was almost non-existent after the plague. 1,360 trading ships on average sailed out from Europe in 1320-1340, however, a few years after the plague, the number had dropped to 141 trading ships.
X Trade was almost non-existent after the plague. 1,360 trading ships on average sailed out from Europe in 1320-1340, however, a few years after the plague, the number had dropped to 141 trading ships.