@historyseason: With fewer workers and plenty of land, farming shifted also away from grain and toward livestock like sheep, which required less labor. However Wool from sheep could be turned into cloth and sold in city markets. This change pushed Europe away from a agricultural economy and toward a more trade-based economy. More people worked in crafts, construction, and manufacturing. Wealth grew among a rising middle class in the cities. Sources: Getz, Faye Marie. “Black Death and the Silver Lining: Meaning, Continuity, and Revolutionary Change in Histories of Medieval Plague.” Journal of the History of Biology 24, no. 2 (1991): 265–89. Shipman, Pat. “Perspective: The Bright Side of the Black Death.” American Scientist 102, no. 6 (2014): 410–13. . Cohn, Samuel. “After the Black Death: Labour Legislation and Attitudes Towards Labour in Late-Medieval Western Europe.” The Economic History Review 60, no. 3 (2007): 457–85. Haddock, David D., and Lynne Kiesling. “The Black Death and Property Rights.” The Journal of Legal Studies 31, no. S2 (2002): S545–87. Hatcher, John. “England in the Aftermath of the Black Death.” Past & Present, no. 144 (1994): 3–35. History Department, Washington University in St. Louis. “How the Black Death Made Life Better.” EBSCO Information Services. “Labor Shortages Alter Europe’s Social Structure.” University of Oxford, Faculty of History. “Black Death and European Expansion.” #History #middleages #medieval #peasants

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