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Did The Black Death Cause Widespread Political Change In Western Europe?
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Did The Black Death Cause Widespread Political Change In Western Europe? By Hannah Thompson Did the Black Death cause widespread social and political changes in Western Europe? The Black Death which stormed across Europe in the fourteenth century left a considerable mark on the social and political structure of medieval society, more so than any other force at that time. Although some of the changes that occurred in Western Europe, especially the political aspects, with events such as the peasant's revolt in 1381, were also instigated by other factors such as the ongoing economic crisis's and war, there is little doubt that the effect of the Black Death sped up the progress of events significantly. When considering the devastation wrought by this disease, the high death toll, and rapidity with which the disease spread, this seems inevitable. The Black Death or 'pestilence' as it was known as then, seems to have pushed the...
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