1. Causes and Consequences of the Black Death
Venette describes that after the plague, the remainder of the population were greedy and were more "avaricious and grasping than before."9 "Greater evils than before swarmed everywhere in the world." I think the way people acted after the Black Death makes sense. ... While Venette describes the aftermath of the plague to be worse than before it struck, Craig and Marks both say that after the epidemic, since there was such a lack of people, salaries and wages skyrocketed for those in the lower classes. ... Both talk about how before the plague, Europe was overpopulated and p...
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