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A question about The Black Death...

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The Black Death killed so many people it created a serious labour shortage, improving wages and living standards for those left alive.

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The Black Death killed about a third of the population, but was followed by a period of prosperity for ordinary people. Lords had to relax their restrictions in order to keep their peasants, and wages were higher.

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