Consequences

Western Europe lost over 1/3 of its population in less than 2 years.The city of Florence, Italy lost nearly 75% of its population in the first year.

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The large life loss from the plague caused a major labor shortage, resulting in a huge job shortage. Many farm villages were abandoned from everyone dying, or the few survivors left in fear of catching the plague. There was a huge demand for workers, so they offered higher wages for people with special skills needed for jobs. Also, there was a large amount of extra goods that weren't used from the major population loss, so they had lots of extra goods to trade with other countries. Politics were also a mess, many nobles died, courts had to be shut down, and wars were postponed because many of the soldiers were dying from the plague.

People stopped cleaning trash left in cities, causing the spread of rats covered with fleas to increase. People also started questioning why God would let this happen to the human race. Lots of people started blaming the Jews, because they had killed Jesus. Many of the priests, professors, and bishops were dying, making people wonder whether God was really real, or if he was upset with the human race. The environment was also effected by the plague. The climate during the plague was about 1 degree warmer, causing bacteria to produce faster.