Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague or “Black Death” was the scariest and deadliest epidemics in history. This plague was caused by fleas that got it from rats. The fleas passed it to humans and it would get worse and worse from there. It killed 24 million people or 37% of Europe’s population.
In everyday life the prices and wages grew during the plague. There was a greater value placed on labor. Farm land was given out for pasturing. The change in farming led to an increase in the wool and cloth industry. Black Plague cause the down fall of the feudal system. People blamed the church for the plague and how they didn’t do anything for it. So they lost faith in the church and lost its power. This was one of the causes to the English reformation. Making the new Church of England, or the Anglican Church.