Western Civilization I / Unit 12 WC1 1107 short lesson, about 20 seconds
1348 to 1351: One-Third to One-Half
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The idea
Plague reached southern Europe in thirteen forty-eight, England in forty-nine, Scandinavia in fifty, and burned out by fifty-one. About one-third of Europe died in three years, the anchor's conservative figure; some historians say nearly half. Cities lost over half.
In practice
Villages with one survivor; recurrence every twenty years.
Where people slip
The lasting consequence was the labor shortage. Video 1109 follows it.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
- 1108Quarantine, Flagellants, and the Massacre of Jews
- 1109The Labor Shortage: Wages Up, Lords Resist, Peasants Rise
- 1122Sequencing the Crises, 1206 to 1453
- 1123Reading a Map of the Plague's Spread and the Mongol Khanates
- 1126Three Crises, One Century: Plague, War, and a Divided Church
- 1726Join: Plague Twice
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