The Economics Of The Black Death

Investigate how the plague initially brought massive loss of labor, administrative manpower, and the tax base, as well a... (more)

Investigate how the plague initially brought massive loss of labor, administrative manpower, and the tax base, as well as far-reaching disruption of farming. Grasp the process by which economic opportunities for the lower and merchant classes—including women—were transformed, and how those who survived were, in most cases, much wealthier than before. (less)