The_Great_Mortality_And_Its_Socio-Economic_Repercussions

The Great Mortality And Its Socio-Economic Repercussions The Great Mortality and its Socio-Economic Repercussions The Great Mortality, better known to us as the Black Death, or the plague, wiped out 1/3 of the population of Europe and many other nations. Its impact was not only of the slain innocent, but it also impacted society in a socio-economic fashion. The Great Mortality changed the very core of how government was run, power was shifted, traditions were lost, and the economy completely changed. This was a new era; burying old traditions along with the dead and the rise of the “nouveaux riches.” In beginning to examine the Great Mortality itself, and the impacts of its aftermath, one must look at the state that medieval society was in before this epidemic devastated it. Society was becoming unrest. There was an over flow in the labor force, which lowered the wages for workers. There was a shortage of food because of the teeming numbers in the population; this caused prices to go up. So to recap; too many workers + low wages + high prices + low food supply = disaster. Riots were beginning to become a daily ritual as the poor become poorer. plague, people, great, mortality, society, population, now, because, began, out, jews, god, died, changed, black, wages, power, over, force, europe, death, christians, traditions, themselves, socio-economic, social, rise, rate, prices, number, labor, jewish, infected, government